Deuteronomy 17:15
You will certainly set a king over you, whom the LORD your God will choose from among your relatives, but you must not place a foreign king over you who is not from your relatives.
Jeremiah 30:21
Their leader will be one of their own, and their ruler will come from among them. I'll bring him near, and he will approach me, for who would otherwise dare to approach me?' declares the LORD.
1 Samuel 10:24
Then Samuel told all the people, "Do you see the man whom the LORD has chosen? For there is no one like him among all the people." Then all the people shouted, "Long live the king!"
1 Chronicles 22:10
He will build a temple to my name. He will be a son to me, I myself will be a father to him, and I will secure his royal throne in Israel forever.'
1 Samuel 9:15-17
Now one day before Saul's arrival, the LORD had revealed to Samuel:
1 Samuel 16:12-13
So he sent and brought him. He had a dark, healthy complexion, with beautiful eyes, and he was handsome. The LORD said, "Get up and anoint him, for this is the one."
2 Samuel 5:2
Even back when Saul was our king, it was you who kept on leading Israel out to battle and bringing them back again. The LORD told you, "You yourself will shepherd my people Israel and serve as Commander-in-Chief over Israel.'"
1 Chronicles 12:23
What follows is a listing of the divisions of battle-ready troops who joined David in Hebron to turn the kingdom of Saul over to him, in accordance with what the LORD had spoken.
1 Chronicles 28:5
"Now out of all of my sons (since the LORD has given me many of them), he has selected my son Solomon to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the LORD, ruling over Israel.
Psalm 2:2
As the kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers conspire together against the LORD and his anointed one, they say,
Psalm 2:6
"I have set my king on Zion, my holy mountain."
Jeremiah 2:25
"Don't run until your feet are bare and your throat is dry. But you say, "It's hopeless! Because I love foreign gods, I'll go after them!'"
Matthew 22:17
So tell us what you think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?"