2 Samuel 7:8-9 "Thus says the Lord of Hosts, 'I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, that you should be prince over my people Israel. And I have been with you wherever you went and have cut off all your enemies from before you. And I will make for you a great name..."
2 Samuel 7:12-16 "When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you...and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever."
Psalm 89 "Of old you spoke in a vision to your godly ones, and said, 'I have granted help to one who is mighty; I have exalted one chosen from the people...and I will make him firstborn, the highest of the Kings of the earth..."
Psalm 89 "But now you have cast off and rejected...You have renounced your covenant with your servant; you have defiled his crown in the dust. You have breached all his walls; you have laid his strongholds in ruins..."
Psalm 89 "You have made his splendor to cease and cast his throne to the ground. You have cut short the days of his youth; you have covered him with shame..."