² Previously, when Saul was king over us, ^(A)you were the one who led Israel ^[a]out and in. And the Lord said to you, ‘^(B)You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ^(C)a leader over Israel.’”

^7 (A)Wherever I have gone with all the sons of Israel, did I speak a word with one of the tribes of Israel, ^(B)whom I commanded to shepherd My people Israel, saying, ‘Why have you not built Me a house of cedar?’”’