1 Chronicles 11:2
And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the Lord thy God said unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel.
Cross-references
1 Chronicles 17:6 repeats the phrase 'shepherd my people' in God's query about building a temple, reinforcing David's role.
Numbers 27:17 uses the same 'lead out and bring in' phrase for Moses’ successor — here applied to David as Israel’s shepherd.
1 Samuel 16:1 records God's initial choice of David as king, the divine word that 1 Chronicles 11:2 recalls.
1 Samuel 16:13 is the anointing of David by Samuel, the moment when God's Spirit empowered him as shepherd-king.
1 Samuel 18:16 records that David 'went out and came in before them' — the same idiom affirming his leadership before he became king.
2 Samuel 5:2 is the parallel account of Israel acknowledging David as leader and God's promise to make him shepherd-ruler.
Psalm 78:71 recounts David's transition from tending sheep to shepherding Israel, directly paralleling his calling.
Matthew 2:6 applies the same shepherd-ruler language to Jesus, showing David as a type of the Messiah who shepherds Israel.
Isaiah 55:4 echoes David's role as a leader and commander to the peoples, extending his shepherding to all nations.
Jeremiah 3:15 promises shepherds after God's own heart, echoing David's model of faithful leadership.