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Genesis 49:8-10
Judah, your brothers shall praise you. Your hand shall be on the necks of your enemies; your father's sons shall bow down to you. . . .

Ruth 4:17-22
The neighbor women said, "A son has been born to Naomi, " and they named him Obed. He became the father of Jesse, the father of David. . . .

1 Samuel 16:1
Now the LORD said to Samuel, "How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have selected from his sons a king for Myself."

2 Chronicles 6:6
But I have chosen Jerusalem so that My Name will be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.'

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Psalm 87:2
The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.

Psalm 132:12-14
If your sons keep My covenant and the testimony I will teach them, then their sons will also sit on your throne forever and ever." . . .