歷代志上11:1-3

 

11:1 以色列眾人聚集到希伯崙見大衛，說：「我們原是你的骨肉。
11:2 從前掃羅作王的時候，率領以色列人出入的是你；耶和華─你的上帝也曾應許你說：『你必牧養我的民以色列，作以色列的君。』」
11:3 於是以色列的長老都來到希伯崙見大衛王。大衛在希伯崙耶和華面前與他們立約，他們就膏大衛作以色列的王，是照耶和華藉撒母耳所說的話。

 

 All Israel came together to David at Hebron and said, “We are your own flesh and blood. ² In the past, even while Saul was king, you were the one who led Israel on their military campaigns. And the Lord your God said to you, ‘You will shepherd my people Israel, and you will become their ruler.’”

³ When all the elders of Israel had come to King David at Hebron, he made a covenant with them at Hebron before the Lord, and they anointed David king over Israel, as the Lord had promised through Samuel.

 

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    大衛成為以色列王是出於上帝的帶領，不是自己強強要做以色列的王！而上帝的作為，是會透過環境來顯明，不是人自己的企圖心所能成就！