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Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be prince over my people Israel:

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Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

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19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

I took you from the sheep pen ... — Compare to Psalms 78:70-72. The pronoun is emphatic: “It was I who took you from the pasture.”

John Gill

John Gill

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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 17:1).

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

This chapter is the same as 2 Samuel 7. See what is said about it there. It is very observable that what in Samuel is said to be, for thy word'…

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