Acts 13:22

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.

When

He raised

To whom

Acts 15:8

Hebrews 11:4

I have

Acts 7:46

1 Samuel 13:14

1 Kings 15:3

Bible References

When

If you continue to sin, you and your king will be destroyed.

You did a foolish thing, Samuel told Saul. You did not follow the command of Jehovah your God. If you had, Jehovah would have established your kingdom over Israel from generation to generation (for a very long time).

I am sorry that I made Saul king. He has turned away from me and disobeyed my commands. Samuel was angry. All night long he pleaded with Jehovah.

Jehovah said to Samuel: How long will you mourn for Saul? After all I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Take oil in your vessel and go. I will send you to Jesse, the Beth-lehemite. I have a king from among his sons.

Samuel said: Why do you call me when Jehovah has abandoned you and become your enemy?

That is how Saul, his three sons, and the young man died. All of Saul's men died that day.

I will never put an end to my agreement with him. I put an end to my agreement with Saul when he was king before you.

Saul died because of his unfaithfulness to Jehovah. He did not obey the word of Jehovah (YHWH). He asked a medium to request information from a dead person.

Where, now, is your king, the one who is supposed to save you? Where in all your cities are your judges? You said: 'Give us kings and officials!'

He raised

Then the men of Judah came to Hebron. They anointed David as king of Judah. David heard that the people of Jabesh-gilead (Jabesh in Gilead) buried Saul.

All the elders of Israel came to King David at Hebron. He made a sacred alliance with them. They anointed him, and he became king of Israel.

Say this to my servant David: 'This is what Jehovah of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture where you followed sheep so that you could be the leader of my people Israel.

Yet, from my entire family Jehovah God of Israel chose me to be king of Israel for as long as I live. He had chosen the tribe of Judah to lead Israel. From the families of Judah he chose my father's family. From among my father's sons he was pleased to make me king over all Israel.

I have installed (anointed) (established) my king on Zion, my holy mountain.

He chose his servant David. He took him from the sheep pens.

Once you spoke in vision to your godly ones. You said: I have given help to one who is mighty. I have exalted one chosen from the people.

then my covenant may also be broken with David my servant so that he will not have a son to reign on his throne, with the Levitical priests as my ministers.

I will place one shepherd over them, my servant David. He will take care of them. He will take care of them and be their shepherd.

My servant David will be their king. All of them will have one shepherd. They will live by my rules, and they will obey my laws.

Afterward the children of Israel will return and seek Jehovah their God. David their king will come with trembling to Jehovah and to his goodness in the last days.

To whom

God knows their hearts and showed that he accepted them by giving them Holy Spirit just as he did to us.

By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain. Through this he was commended as righteous. God testified about his gifts. Thus through faith he still speaks even though he is dead.

I have

Who found favor before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.

Your kingdom will not last. Jehovah searched for a man after his own heart. Jehovah appointed him as ruler of his people. This is because you did not follow the command of Jehovah.

He was not completely loyal to Jehovah his God as his great-grandfather David had been. He committed the same sins as his father did.