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However the LORD, the God of Israel, chose me out of all the house of my father to be king over Israel forever. For he has chosen Judah to be prince; and in the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel.
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Verse 4. Ever; for a long time, and to leave the throne to my posterity for many ages, and to the Messias for ever. This expression is not always to be taken in its rigour. Calmet.—Princes. Hebrew “prince, or the ruler.” Bible.—This tribe had long possessed the greatest power, ( Calmet.) and the promise of the sceptre. Genesis 49. Worthington.—The phrase often denotes a long time, but it is best understood of Christ. D.
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