1 Samuel 2:7

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⁷^(A)The Lord makes poor and rich;
^(B)He humbles, He also exalts.

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1 Samuel 2:8

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⁸^(A)He raises the poor from the dust,
^(B)He lifts the needy from the garbage heap
^(C)To seat them with nobles,
And He gives them a seat of honor as an inheritance;
^(D)For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s,
And He set the world on them.

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1 Kings 19:16

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¹⁶You shall also anoint ^(A)Jehu the son of Nimshi king over Israel; and you shall anoint ^(B)Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah as prophet in your place.

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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, ‘This is what the Lord says: “^(A)I have anointed you king over Israel.”’ Then open the door and flee, and do not wait.”

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2 Chronicles 22:7

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⁷Now ^(A)the destruction of Ahaziah was from God, in that ^[a]he went to Joram. For when he arrived, ^(B)he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, ^(C)whom the Lord had anointed to eliminate the house of Ahab.