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Beautiful
1 Samuel 16:12 (NIV)
12 So he sent and had him brought in. He was ruddy, with a fine appearance and handsome features. Then the LORD said, "Rise and anoint him; he is the one."
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Beautiful
1 Samuel 16:12 (KJV)
12 And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he.
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Divinely Chosen
1 Samuel 16:13 (NIV)
13 So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and from that day on the Spirit of the LORD came upon David in power. Samuel then went to Ramah.
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Divinely Chosen
1 Samuel 16:13 (KJV)
13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.
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Courageous
1 Samuel 17:34-36 (NIV)
34 But David said to Saul, "Your servant has been keeping his father's sheep. When a lion or a bear came and carried off a sheep from the flock, 35 I went after it, struck it and rescued the sheep from its mouth. When it turned on me, I seized it by its hair, struck it and killed it. 36 Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, because he has defied the armies of the living God.
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Courageous
1 Samuel 17:34-36 (KJV)
34 And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock: 35 And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him. 36 Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
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A Champion
1 Samuel 17:40 (NIV)
40 Then he took his staff in his hand, chose five smooth stones from the stream, put them in the pouch of his shepherd's bag and, with his sling in his hand, approached the Philistine.
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A Champion
1 Samuel 17:40 (KJV)
40 And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine.
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A Great Soldier
2 Samuel 5:7 (NIV)
7 Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion, the City of David.
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A Great Soldier
2 Samuel 5:7 (KJV)
7 Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.
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Forbidden To Build The Temple, Because He Was A Man Of War
1 Chronicles 28:3 (NIV)
3 But God said to me, 'You are not to build a house for my Name, because you are a warrior and have shed blood.'
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Forbidden To Build The Temple, Because He Was A Man Of War
1 Chronicles 28:3 (KJV)
3 But God said unto me, Thou shalt not build an house for my name, because thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed blood.
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A Flawed Man After God’s Heart
1 Samuel 13:14 (NIV)
14 But now your kingdom will not endure; the LORD has sought out a man after his own heart and appointed him leader of his people, because you have not kept the LORD's command."
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A Flawed Man After God’s Heart
1 Samuel 13:14 (KJV)
14 But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the LORD commanded thee.
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A Righteous Man Who Sinned
1 Kings 15:5 (NIV)
5 For David had done what was right in the eyes of the LORD and had not failed to keep any of the LORD's commands all the days of his life--except in the case of Uriah the Hittite.
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A Righteous Man Who Sinned
1 Kings 15:5 (KJV)
5 Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
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Was Led By Passion To Violate The Mosaic Law
Deuteronomy 17:17 (NIV)
17 He must not take many wives, or his heart will be led astray. He must not accumulate large amounts of silver and gold.
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Was Led By Passion To Violate The Mosaic Law
Deuteronomy 17:17 (KJV)
17 Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.
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2 Samuel 5:13 (NIV)
13 After he left Hebron, David took more concubines and wives in Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him.
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2 Samuel 5:13 (KJV)
13 And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.
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Yielded To Gross Sins When At Ease
2 Samuel 11:4-5 (NIV)
4 Then David sent messengers to get her. She came to him, and he slept with her. (She had purified herself from her uncleanness.) Then she went back home. 5 The woman conceived and sent word to David, saying, "I am pregnant."
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Yielded To Gross Sins When At Ease
2 Samuel 11:4-5 (KJV)
4 And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she returned unto her house. 5 And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child.
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2 Samuel 11:14-15 (NIV)
14 In the morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah. 15 In it he wrote, "Put Uriah in the front line where the fighting is fiercest. Then withdraw from him so he will be struck down and die."
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2 Samuel 11:14-15 (KJV)
14 And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah. 15 And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.
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Rebuked By The Prophet Nathan
2 Samuel 12:11-12 (NIV)
11 "This is what the LORD says: 'Out of your own household I am going to bring calamity upon you. Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to one who is close to you, and he will lie with your wives in broad daylight. 12 You did it in secret, but I will do this thing in broad daylight before all Israel.'"
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Rebuked By The Prophet Nathan
2 Samuel 12:11-12 (KJV)
11 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun. 12 For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.
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Heart-broken, Repented & Confessed
Psalms 51:1 (NIV)
1 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions.
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Heart-broken, Repented & Confessed
Psalms 51:1 (KJV)
1 Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
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