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2 Kings 19:15

And Hezekiah prayed before the Lord, and said: "O Lord the God of Israel, who are enthroned above the cherubim, you are God, you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth.

2 Chronicles 13:10a

But as for us, the Lord is our God, and we have not abandoned him.

1 Samuel 8:6-7

But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, "Give us a king to govern us." Samuel prayed to the Lord, and the Lord said to Samuel, "Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from being king over them.

1 Kings 6:12 (Speaking to Solomon)

Concerning this house that you are building, if you will walk in my statutes, obey my ordinances, and keep all my commandments by walking in them, then I will establish my promise with you, which I made to your father David.

Ruth 1:16 (speaking to Naomi)

Do not press me to leave you or to turn back from following you! Where you go, I will go; Where you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people and your God my God.

1 Kings 3:9a

Give your servant therefore an understanding mind to govern your people, able to discern between good and evil

1 Kings 3:9 (Solomon)

Give your servant therefore an understanding mind to govern your people, able to discern between good and evil; for who can govern this your great people

1 Kings 19:10 (Elijah)

I have been very zealous for the Lord, the God of hosts; for the Israelites have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left, and they are seeking my life, to take it away?

2 Samuel 7:9

I have been with you wherever you went, and have cut off all your enemies from before you; and I will make for you a great name, like the name of the great ones of the earth.

1 Samuel 20:14-15

If I am still alive, show me the faithful love of the Lord, but if I die, never cut off your faithful love from my house

2 Kings 5:3 (regarding Naaman)

If only my lord were with the prophet who is in Samaria! He would cure him of his leprosy

Judges 21:25

In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.

Judges 17:6

In those days there was no king in Israel; all the people did what was right in their own eyes"

1 Chronicles 4:10

Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, "Oh that you would bless me and enlarge my border, and that your hand might be with me, and that you would keep me from hurt and harm!" And God granted what he asked.

Joshua 1:2 (Joshua)

My servant Moses is dead. Now proceed to cross the Jordan, you and all this people, into the land that I am giving to them, to the Israelites

1 Samuel 3:1

Now the boy Samuel was ministering to the Lord under Eli. The word of the Lord was rare in those days; visions were not widespread.

Joshua 1:7

Only be strong and very courageous, being careful to act in accordance with all the law that my servant Moses commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, so that you may be successful wherever you go.

1 Samuel 3:10

Speak for your servant is listening

Ruth 4:14

Then the women said to Naomi, "Blessed be the Lord, who has not left you this day without next-of-kin;[a] and may his name be renowned in Israel!

Judges 13:5 (Referring to Sampson)

What "nazirite to God from birth" would "begin to deliver Israel from the hand of the Philistines"

1 Kings 12:16

When all Israel saw that the king would not listen to them, the people answered the king, "What share do we have in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse.To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, O David." So Israel went away to their tents. (Split of the Kingdom)

2 Samuel 7:12

When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come forth from your body, and I will establish his kingdom.

2 Samuel 12:1-10 (Nathan)

Who tells the parable of the rich man and the poor man who "had nothing but one little ewe lamb, which he had bought"?

1 Samuel 15:22

"Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obedience to the voice of the Lord? Surely, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed than the fat of rams."

1 Chronicles 17:12

"He shall build a house for me, and I will establish his throne forever."