Reference: Chosen
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spoken of warriors (Ex 15:4; Jg 20:16), of the Hebrew nation (Ps 105:43; De 7:7), of Jerusalem as the seat of the temple (1Ki 11:13). Christ is the "chosen" of God (Isa 42:1); and the apostles are "chosen" for their work (Ac 10:41). It is said with regard to those who do not profit by their opportunities that "many are called, but few are chosen" (Mt 20:16). (See Election of Grace.)
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He threw Pharaoh's chariots and his army into the sea; the elite of his officers were drowned in the Red Sea.
"The Lord was devoted to you and chose you, not because you were more numerous than all peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples.
There were 700 choice men who were left-handed among all these people; all could sling a stone at a hair and not miss.
Yet, I will not tear the entire kingdom away from him. I will give one tribe to your son because of my servant David and because of Jerusalem that I chose."
He brought His people out with rejoicing, His chosen ones with shouts of joy.
"This is My Servant; I strengthen Him, [this is] My Chosen One; I delight in Him. I have put My Spirit on Him; He will bring justice to the nations.
"So the last will be first, and the first last."
not by all the people, but by us, witnesses appointed beforehand by God, who ate and drank with Him after He rose from the dead.