1 Kings 1:34

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³⁴And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet there ^(A)anoint him king over Israel. ^(B)Then blow the trumpet and say, ^(C)‘Long live King Solomon!’

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1 Kings 1:25

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²⁵For he has gone down this day and ^(A)has sacrificed oxen, fattened cattle, and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the king's sons, the commanders^[a] of the army, and Abiathar the priest. And behold, they are eating and drinking before him, and saying, ^(B)‘Long live King Adonijah!’

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1 Kings 1:25 Hebrew; Septuagint Joab the commander

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2 Samuel 15:10

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¹⁰But Absalom sent secret messengers throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, “As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then say, ‘Absalom is king at Hebron!’”

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1 Samuel 10:1

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Saul Anointed King

10 ^(A)Then Samuel took a flask of oil and poured it on his head ^(B)and kissed him and said, “Has not the Lord anointed you to be prince^[a] over ^(C)his people Israel? And you shall reign over the people of the Lord and you will save them from the hand of their surrounding enemies. And this shall be the sign to you that the Lord has anointed you to be prince^[b] over his heritage.

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1 Samuel 10:1 Or leader
1 Samuel 10:1 Septuagint; Hebrew lacks over his people Israel? And you shall…. to be prince

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2 Kings 11:12

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¹²Then he brought out the king's son and put ^(A)the crown on him and gave him ^(B)the testimony. And they proclaimed him king and anointed him, and they clapped their hands and said, ^(C)“Long live the king!”

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2 Kings 9:13

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¹³Then in haste ^(A)every man of them took his garment and put it under him on the bare^[a] steps, and they blew the trumpet and proclaimed, ^(B)“Jehu is king.”

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2 Kings 9:13 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain

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2 Kings 9:3

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³Then take the flask of oil and pour it on his head and say, ‘Thus says the Lord, ^(A)I anoint you king over Israel.’ Then open the door and flee; do not linger.”

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1 Kings 19:16

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¹⁶^(A)And Jehu the son of Nimshi you shall anoint to be king over Israel, and ^(B)Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah you shall anoint to be prophet in your place.

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2 Samuel 5:3

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³So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, ^(A)and King David made a covenant with them at Hebron ^(B)before the Lord, and they anointed David king over Israel.

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1 Samuel 16:3

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³And invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do. ^(A)And you shall anoint for me him whom I declare to you.”

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2 Kings 11:14

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¹⁴And when she looked, there was the king standing ^(A)by the pillar, according to the custom, and the captains and the trumpeters beside the king, and all the people of the land rejoicing and ^(B)blowing trumpets. And Athaliah ^(C)tore her clothes and cried, “Treason! Treason!”

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2 Corinthians 1:21-22

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²¹And it is God who establishes us with you in Christ, and ^(A)has anointed us, ²²and who has also ^(B)put his seal on us and ^(C)given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.^[a]

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Acts 10:38

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³⁸how ^(A)God anointed Jesus of Nazareth ^(B)with the Holy Spirit and with ^(C)power. He went about doing good and healing all ^(D)who were oppressed by the devil, ^(E)for God was with him.

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Isaiah 45:1

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Cyrus, God's Instrument

45 Thus says the Lord to ^(A)his anointed, to Cyrus,
    ^(B)whose right hand I have grasped,
to subdue nations before him
    and ^(C)to loose the belts of kings,
to open doors before him
    that gates may not be closed:

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Psalm 98:5-7

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⁵Sing praises to the Lord with the lyre,
with the lyre and the ^(A)sound of melody!
⁶With ^(B)trumpets and the sound of ^(C)the horn
^(D)make a joyful noise before the King, the Lord!

⁷^(E)Let the sea roar, and ^(F)all that fills it;
^(G)the world and those who dwell in it!

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Psalm 89:36

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³⁶His ^(A)offspring shall endure forever,
^(B)his ^(C)throne as long as ^(D)the sun before me.

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Psalm 89:20

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²⁰^(A)I have found David, my servant;
with my holy oil I have ^(B)anointed him,

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Psalm 45:7

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⁷ ^(A)you have loved righteousness and hated wickedness.
Therefore ^(B)God, your God, has ^(C)anointed you
with the oil of ^(D)gladness ^(E)beyond your companions;

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2 Chronicles 23:11

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¹¹Then they brought out the king's son and put the crown on him and gave him ^(A)the testimony. And they proclaimed him king, and Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and they said, ^(B)“Long live the king.”

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2 Kings 9:6

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⁶So he arose and went into the house. And the young man poured the oil on his head, saying to him, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ^(A)I anoint you king over the people of the Lord, over Israel.

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2 Samuel 2:4

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⁴And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David ^(A)king over the house of Judah.

When they told David, ^(B)“It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul,”

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1 Samuel 16:12-13

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¹²And he sent and brought him in. Now he was ^(A)ruddy and had beautiful eyes and was handsome. And the Lord said, ^(B)“Arise, anoint him, for this is he.” ¹³Then Samuel took ^(C)the horn of oil ^(D)and anointed him in the midst of his brothers. ^(E)And the Spirit of the Lord rushed upon David from that day forward. And Samuel rose up and went to Ramah.