2 Samuel 22:44

"You delivered me from strife with my people; you kept me as the head of the nations; people whom I had not known served me.

2 Samuel 8:1-14

After this David defeated the Philistines and subdued them, and David took Metheg-ammah out of the hand of the Philistines.

Isaiah 55:5

Behold, you shall call a nation that you do not know, and a nation that did not know you shall run to you, because of the LORD your God, and of the Holy One of Israel, for he has glorified you.

2 Samuel 3:1

There was a long war between the house of Saul and the house of David. And David grew stronger and stronger, while the house of Saul became weaker and weaker.

Deuteronomy 28:13

And the LORD will make you the head and not the tail, and you shall only go up and not down, if you obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you today, being careful to do them,

2 Samuel 19:9

And all the people were arguing throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, "The king delivered us from the hand of our enemies and saved us from the hand of the Philistines, and now he has fled out of the land from Absalom.

2 Samuel 19:14

And he swayed the heart of all the men of Judah as one man, so that they sent word to the king, "Return, both you and all your servants."

2 Samuel 5:1

Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, "Behold, we are your bone and flesh.

2 Samuel 18:6-8

So the army went out into the field against Israel, and the battle was fought in the forest of Ephraim.

2 Samuel 20:1-2

Now there happened to be there a worthless man, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjaminite. And he blew the trumpet and said, "We have no portion in David, and we have no inheritance in the son of Jesse; every man to his tents, O Israel!"

2 Samuel 20:22

Then the woman went to all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri and threw it out to Joab. So he blew the trumpet, and they dispersed from the city, every man to his home. And Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.

Psalm 2:1-6

Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?

Psalm 2:8

Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage, and the ends of the earth your possession.

Psalm 18:43

You delivered me from strife with the people; you made me the head of the nations; people whom I had not known served me.

Psalm 60:8-9

Moab is my washbasin; upon Edom I cast my shoe; over Philistia I shout in triumph."

Psalm 72:8-9

May he have dominion from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth!

Psalm 110:6

He will execute judgment among the nations, filling them with corpses; he will shatter chiefs over the wide earth.

Isaiah 60:12

For the nation and kingdom that will not serve you shall perish; those nations shall be utterly laid waste.

Isaiah 65:1

I was ready to be sought by those who did not ask for me; I was ready to be found by those who did not seek me. I said, "Here am I, here am I," to a nation that was not called by my name.

Daniel 7:14

And to him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him; his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom one that shall not be destroyed.

Hosea 2:23

and I will sow her for myself in the land. And I will have mercy on No Mercy, and I will say to Not My People,'You are my people'; and he shall say, 'You are my God.'"

Acts 4:25-28

who through the mouth of our father David, your servant, said by the Holy Spirit, "'Why did the Gentiles rage, and the peoples plot in vain?

Acts 5:30-31

The God of our fathers raised Jesus, whom you killed by hanging him on a tree.

Romans 9:25

As indeed he says in Hosea, "Those who were not my people I will call 'my people,' and her who was not beloved I will call 'beloved.'"

Romans 15:12

And again Isaiah says, "The root of Jesse will come, even he who arises to rule the Gentiles; in him will the Gentiles hope."

Revelation 11:15

Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, "The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign forever and ever."

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not shall serve me.

Bible References

Delivered

2 Samuel 3:1
There was a long war between the house of Saul and the house of David. And David grew stronger and stronger, while the house of Saul became weaker and weaker.
2 Samuel 5:1
Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, "Behold, we are your bone and flesh.
2 Samuel 18:6
So the army went out into the field against Israel, and the battle was fought in the forest of Ephraim.
2 Samuel 19:9
And all the people were arguing throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, "The king delivered us from the hand of our enemies and saved us from the hand of the Philistines, and now he has fled out of the land from Absalom.
2 Samuel 20:1
Now there happened to be there a worthless man, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjaminite. And he blew the trumpet and said, "We have no portion in David, and we have no inheritance in the son of Jesse; every man to his tents, O Israel!"
Psalm 2:1
Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
Psalm 18:43
You delivered me from strife with the people; you made me the head of the nations; people whom I had not known served me.
Acts 4:25
who through the mouth of our father David, your servant, said by the Holy Spirit, "'Why did the Gentiles rage, and the peoples plot in vain?
Acts 5:30
The God of our fathers raised Jesus, whom you killed by hanging him on a tree.

Head

2 Samuel 8:1
After this David defeated the Philistines and subdued them, and David took Metheg-ammah out of the hand of the Philistines.
Deuteronomy 28:13
And the LORD will make you the head and not the tail, and you shall only go up and not down, if you obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you today, being careful to do them,
Psalm 2:8
Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage, and the ends of the earth your possession.
Psalm 60:8
Moab is my washbasin; upon Edom I cast my shoe; over Philistia I shout in triumph."
Psalm 72:8
May he have dominion from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth!
Psalm 110:6
He will execute judgment among the nations, filling them with corpses; he will shatter chiefs over the wide earth.
Isaiah 60:12
For the nation and kingdom that will not serve you shall perish; those nations shall be utterly laid waste.
Daniel 7:14
And to him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him; his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom one that shall not be destroyed.
Romans 15:12
And again Isaiah says, "The root of Jesse will come, even he who arises to rule the Gentiles; in him will the Gentiles hope."
Revelation 11:15
Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, "The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign forever and ever."

A people

Isaiah 55:5
Behold, you shall call a nation that you do not know, and a nation that did not know you shall run to you, because of the LORD your God, and of the Holy One of Israel, for he has glorified you.
Isaiah 65:1
I was ready to be sought by those who did not ask for me; I was ready to be found by those who did not seek me. I said, "Here am I, here am I," to a nation that was not called by my name.
Hosea 2:23
and I will sow her for myself in the land. And I will have mercy on No Mercy, and I will say to Not My People,'You are my people'; and he shall say, 'You are my God.'"
Romans 9:25
As indeed he says in Hosea, "Those who were not my people I will call 'my people,' and her who was not beloved I will call 'beloved.'"

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