Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 6258 [e] וְ֠עַתָּה wə-‘at-tāh therefore now Conj-w | Adv 3541 [e] כֹּֽה־ kōh- thus Adv 559 [e] תֹאמַ֞ר ṯō-mar shall you say V-Qal-Imperf-2ms 5650 [e] לְעַבְדִּ֣י lə-‘aḇ-dî to My servant Prep-l | N-msc | 1cs 1732 [e] לְדָוִ֗ד lə-ḏā-wiḏ, David Prep-l | N-proper-ms 3541 [e] כֹּ֤ה kōh thus Adv 559 [e] אָמַר֙ ’ā-mar says V-Qal-Perf-3ms 3068 [e] יְהוָ֣ה Yah-weh Yahweh N-proper-ms 6635 [e] צְבָא֔וֹת ṣə-ḇā-’ō-wṯ, of hosts N-cp 589 [e] אֲנִ֤י ’ă-nî I Pro-1cs 3947 [e] לְקַחְתִּ֙יךָ֙ lə-qaḥ-tî-ḵā took you V-Qal-Perf-1cs | 2ms 4480 [e] מִן־ min- from Prep 5116 [e] הַנָּוֶ֔ה han-nā-weh, the sheepfold Art | N-ms 310 [e] מֵאַחַ֖ר mê-’a-ḥar from following Prep-m 6629 [e] הַצֹּ֑אן haṣ-ṣōn; the sheep Art | N-cs 1961 [e] לִֽהְי֣וֹת lih-yō-wṯ to be Prep-l | V-Qal-Inf 5057 [e] נָגִ֔יד nā-ḡîḏ, ruler N-ms 5921 [e] עַל־ ‘al- over Prep 5971 [e] עַמִּ֖י ‘am-mî My people N-msc | 1cs 5921 [e] עַל־ ‘al- over Prep 3478 [e] יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ yiś-rā-’êl. Israel N-proper-ms

New American Standard Bible
"Now therefore, thus you shall say to My servant David, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts, "I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be ruler over My people Israel.

King James Bible
Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Now this is what you are to say to My servant David: 'This is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture and from following the sheep to be ruler over My people Israel.

I took thee

1 Samuel 16:11,12 And Samuel said to Jesse, Are here all your children? And he said, …

1 Chronicles 17:7 Now therefore thus shall you say to my servant David, Thus said the …

Psalm 78:70 He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:

following [heb] after
ruler

2 Samuel 6:21 And David said to Michal, It was before the LORD, which chose me …

2 Samuel 12:7 And Nathan said to David, You are the man. Thus said the LORD God …

1 Samuel 9:16 To morrow about this time I will send you a man out of the land of …

1 Samuel 10:1 Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it on his head, and kissed …

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