Acts 13:36

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Summary

For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:

Served, etc

Fell

1 Thessalonians 4:13

And was

And saw

1 Corinthians 15:42

General references

Psalm 89:4

Zechariah 1:5

Bible References

Served, etc

And having put him on one side, he made David their king, to whom he gave witness, saying, I have taken David, the son of Jesse, a man dear to my heart, who will do all my pleasure.

In the past, when Saul was king, it was you who went at the head of Israel when they went out or came in; and the Lord your God said to you, You are to be the keeper of my people Israel, and their ruler.

And David said to all the men of Israel who had come together there, If it seems good to you and if it is the purpose of the Lord our God, let us send to all the rest of our brothers, everywhere in the land of Israel, and to the priests and the Levites in their towns and the country round them, and get them to come together here to us;

And said to them, You are the heads of the families of the Levites: make yourselves holy, you and your brothers, so that you may take the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel, to the place which I have made ready for it.

So David was king over all Israel, judging and giving right decisions for all his people.

From looking after the sheep which were giving milk, he took him to give food to Jacob his people, and to Israel his heritage.

Fell

And going down on his knees, he said in a loud voice, Lord, do not make them responsible for this sin. And when he had said this, he went to his rest.

And when the time comes for you to go to rest with your fathers, I will put in your place your seed after you, the offspring of your body, and I will make his kingdom strong.

Then David went to rest with his fathers, and his body was put into the earth in the town of David.

Then by more than five hundred brothers at the same time, most of whom are still living, but some are sleeping;

But it is our desire, brothers, that you may be certain about those who are sleeping; so that you may have no need for sorrow, as others have who are without hope.

And was

My brothers, I may say to you openly that David came to his death, and was put in the earth, and his resting-place is with us today.

And when the time comes for you to go to your fathers, I will put in your place your seed after you, one of your sons, and I will make his kingdom strong.

And Solomon went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth in the town of David his father; and Rehoboam his son became king in his place.

And Rehoboam went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth in the town of David; and Abijah his son became king in his place.

And Jehoshaphat went to rest with his fathers, and his body was put into the earth in the town of David. And Jehoram his son became king in his place.

So Uzziah went to rest with his fathers; and they put his body into the earth in the field used for the resting-place of the kings, for they said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son became king in his place.

And saw

With the hard work of your hands you will get your bread till you go back to the earth from which you were taken: for dust you are and to the dust you will go back.

If I say to the earth, You are my father; and to the worm, My mother and my sister;

And ... without my flesh I will see God;

Together they go down to the dust, and are covered by the worm.

So that he might have eternal life, and never see the underworld.

Jesus said, Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said, Lord, by this time the body will be smelling, for he has been dead four days.

So is it with the coming back from the dead. It is planted in death; it comes again in life:

General references

I will make your seed go on for ever, your kingdom will be strong through all generations. (Selah.)

Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they go on living for ever?