1 Samuel 10:1
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Chapter 10
1 Then, from a flask he had with him, Samuel poured oil on Saul’s head and kissed him, saying: “The Lord anoints you ruler over his people Israel. You are the one who will govern the Lord’s people and save them from the power of their enemies all around them.(A)
The Signs Foretold. “This will be the sign[a] for you that the Lord has anointed you ruler over his heritage:
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1 Samuel 26:9
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9 But David said to Abishai, “Do not harm him, for who can lay a hand on the Lord’s anointed and remain innocent?
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2 Maccabees 14:42
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42 preferring to die nobly[a] rather than fall into the hands of vile men and suffer outrages unworthy of his noble birth.
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