Deuteronomy 17:15
New King James Version
15 you shall surely set a king over you (A)whom the Lord your God chooses; one (B)from among your brethren you shall set as king over you; you may not set a foreigner over you, who is not your brother.
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1 Samuel 9:16
New King James Version
16 “Tomorrow about this time (A)I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, (B)and you shall anoint him [a]commander over My people Israel, that he may save My people from the hand of the Philistines; for I have (C)looked upon My people, because their cry has come to Me.”
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- 1 Samuel 9:16 prince or ruler
2 Samuel 21:6
New King James Version
6 let seven men of his descendants be delivered (A)to us, and we will hang them before the Lord (B)in Gibeah of Saul, (C)whom the Lord chose.”
And the king said, “I will give them.”
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