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Psalm 132:17
I will make the horn of David to bud there. I have ordained a lamp for my anointed.
15I will abundantly bless her provision. I will satisfy her poor with bread.
16I will also clothe her priests with salvation. Her saints will shout aloud for joy.
17I will make the horn of David to bud there. I have ordained a lamp for my anointed.
18I will clothe his enemies with shame, but on himself, his crown will shine.”
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A budding horn and an ordained lamp picture David’s royal strength and future as gifts God establishes, making the source of this king’s security clear.
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Psalm 92:10But you have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox. I am anointed with fresh oil.Both passages use a horn to picture strength that God gives, alongside language of anointing.
Luke 1:69and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant DavidBoth passages join the image of a horn with David, and both name God as the one who raises that strength.
Ezekiel 29:21“In that day I will cause a horn to sprout for the house of Israel, and I will open your mouth among them. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”God makes a horn bud for David in the psalm and causes a horn to sprout for Israel in Ezekiel.
Psalm 18:2The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.Both passages use the horn as an image of strength, with God as its source in one and its identity in the other.
2 Chronicles 21:7However the LORD would not destroy David’s house, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a lamp to him and to his …Both passages connect David with a lamp God provides; Chronicles names the covenant and extends the promise to David’s children.
Psalm 18:28For you will light my lamp, LORD. My God will light up my darkness.Both passages speak of a lamp whose light depends on God’s action.
1 Kings 11:36I will give one tribe to his son, that David my servant may have a lamp always before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen for myself to put my name …Both passages describe God providing a lamp for David’s royal line; Kings names Jerusalem as its place.
1 Kings 15:4Nevertheless for David’s sake, the LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him and to establish Jerusalem;Both passages connect David’s lamp with God’s provision; Kings describes that provision through a son succeeding him in Jerusalem.
2 Samuel 21:17But Abishai the son of Zeruiah helped him, and struck the Philistine and killed him. Then the men of David swore to him, saying, “Don’t go out with us to …Both passages connect David with a lamp; Samuel uses the image for the king whose life his men seek to preserve.
Psalm 84:9Behold, God our shield, look at the face of your anointed.Both passages speak of God’s anointed: one declares God’s provision, while the other asks God to look upon him.
Luke 2:30–32for my eyes have seen your salvation,The link is indirect: Psalm 132:17 promises provision for God’s anointed, while Luke 2:30 speaks of seeing God’s salvation.
2 Kings 8:19However, the LORD would not destroy Judah, for David his servant’s sake, as he promised him to give to him a lamp for his children always.Both passages connect David with God’s promised lamp; Kings describes that promise as extending to David’s children.
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David’s royal future rests on God’s resolve. The strength pictured by the horn and the provision pictured by the lamp come from God, who sustains his anointed.
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