an horn: 1 Samuel 16:13
out: Exodus 30:23-33; Psalms 89:20
anointed: 1 Chronicles 29:22
all the people: 1 Kings 1:25; 1 Samuel 10:24; 2 Kings 11:12; 2 Chronicles 23:11, 2 Chronicles 23:13
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1 Kings 1:39
1 Kings 1:39
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