8 And now this is what you will say to my servant David, ‘This is what Jehovah of armies has said: “I myself took you from the pasture ground from following the flock+ to become a leader+ over my people Israel.

34 But I shall not take the entire kingdom out of his hand, because a chieftain* I shall set him for all the days of his life, for the sake of David my servant whom I chose,+ because he kept my commandments and my statutes.

17 Consequently he was obliged to become like his “brothers” in all respects,+ that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest* in things pertaining to God,+ in order to offer propitiatory+ sacrifice* for the sins of the people.+