Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Bible References

Served, etc

Acts 13:22
And when He had removed him, He raised up David to be their king: of him He testified and said, ‘I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My own heart [conforming to My will and purposes], who will do all My will.’
1 Chronicles 11:2
In times past, even when Saul was king, it was you who led out and brought in Israel; and the Lord your God said to you, ‘You shall shepherd My people Israel, and you shall be prince and leader over My people Israel.’”
1 Chronicles 13:2
David said to all the assembly of Israel, “If it seems good to you, and if it is from the Lord our God, let us send word everywhere to our fellow countrymen who remain in all the land of Israel, and to the priests and Levites who are with them in their cities with pasture lands, so that they may meet with us;
1 Chronicles 15:12
and he said to them, “You are the heads of the fathers’ households of the Levites; consecrate yourselves, both you and your relatives, so that you may bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel, to the place that I have prepared for it.
1 Chronicles 18:14
So David reigned over all Israel and administered justice and righteousness for all his people.
Psalm 78:71

From tending the ewes with nursing young He brought him
To shepherd Jacob His people,
And Israel His inheritance.

Fell

Acts 7:60
Then falling on his knees [in worship], he cried out loudly, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them [do not charge them]!” When he had said this, he fell asleep [in death].
2 Samuel 7:12
When your days are fulfilled and you lie down [in death] with your fathers (ancestors), I will raise up your descendant after you, who shall be born to you, and I will establish his kingdom.
1 Kings 2:10
So David lay down with his fathers [in death] and was buried in the City of David.
1 Corinthians 15:6
After that He appeared to more than five hundred brothers and sisters at one time, the majority of whom are still alive, but some have fallen asleep [in death].
1 Thessalonians 4:13
Now we do not want you to be uninformed, believers, about those who are asleep [in death], so that you will not grieve [for them] as the others do who have no hope [beyond this present life].

And was

Acts 2:29
“Brothers, I may confidently and freely say to you regarding the patriarch David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
1 Chronicles 17:11
And it shall come to pass that when your days are completed and you must go to be with your fathers [in death], I will raise up one of your descendants after you, one of your own sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
2 Chronicles 9:31
And Solomon slept with his fathers [in death]; he was buried in the city of his father David. Rehoboam his son reigned in his place.
2 Chronicles 12:16
And Rehoboam slept with his fathers [in death] and was buried in the City of David; and Abijah his son became king in his place.
2 Chronicles 21:1
Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers [in death] and was buried with them in the City of David; and his son Jehoram became king in his place.
2 Chronicles 26:23
So Uzziah slept with his fathers [in death], and they buried him with his fathers in the burial field of the kings [outside the royal tombs], for they said, “He is a leper.” And his son Jotham became king in his place.

And saw

Genesis 3:19

“By the sweat of your face
You will eat bread
Until you return to the ground,
For from it you were taken;
For you are dust,
And to dust you shall return.”
Job 17:14

If I call out to the pit (grave), ‘You are my father’;
And to the worm [that feeds on decay], ‘You are my mother and my sister [because I will soon be closest to you],’
Job 19:26

“Even after my [mortal] skin is destroyed [by death],
Yet from my [immortal] flesh I will see God,
Job 21:26

“Together they lie down in the dust,
And the worms cover them.
Psalm 49:9

So that he should live on eternally,
That he should never see the pit (grave) and undergo decay.
John 11:39
Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to Him, “Lord, by this time there will be an offensive odor, for he has been dead four days! [It is hopeless!]”
1 Corinthians 15:42
So it is with the resurrection of the dead. The [human] body that is sown is perishable and mortal, it is raised imperishable and immortal.

General references

Psalm 89:4

I will establish your seed forever
And I will build up your throne for all generations.” Selah.
Zechariah 1:5
“Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever?