John Gill's Exposition on 1 Chronicles 28:4

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Howbeit, the Lord God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever, etc.] Passing by all his brethren who were elder than he, he pitched upon him, and ordered him to be anointed king of Israel, (see <091610>1 Samuel 16:10,12), and that for ever, for a long time, as long as he lived; or rather in his posterity for many years to come, and best of all in his antitype Christ, the son of David, (see <420132>Luke 1:32,33) for he hath chosen Judah to be the ruler; the tribe of Judah to be the seat of government, and one out of that tribe to be the chief ruler, (see <130502>1 Chronicles 5:2 <014910>Genesis 49:10) and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; out of that tribe he chose his father’s family, to take from thence one to be king of Israel: and among the sons of my father he liked me to make me king over all Israel; though the youngest of them, (<091611>1 Samuel 16:11), this was his will and pleasure.

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