Promotion
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General scriptures concerning
Ps 75:6, 7; 78:70, 71; 113:7, 8
6 For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.
Psalms 75:67 But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
Psalms 75:770 He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:
Psalms 78:7071 From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.
Psalms 78:717 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;
Psalms 113:78 That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.
Psalms 113:8 -
As a reward of merit
1 Chr 11:6
6 And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was chief.
1 Chronicles 11:6 - Instances of
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Abraham
Gen 12:2
2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
Genesis 12:2 -
Joseph, from imprisoned slave to prince
Gen 41:1–45
1 And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river. 2 And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow. 3 And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river. 4 And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke. 5 And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good. 6 And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them. 7 And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream. 8 And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh. 9 Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day: 10 Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard's house, both me and the chief baker: …
Genesis 41:1 … - Moses, from exile to lawgiver
- See Moses
- Aaron, from slave to high priest
- See Aaron
- Saul, from obscurity to a scepter
- See Saul
- David, from a shepherd to the throne
- See David
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Jeroboam, from a slave to the throne
1 Kgs 11:26–35
26 And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, Solomon's servant, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow woman, even he lifted up his hand against the king. 27 And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breaches of the city of David his father. 28 And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph. 29 And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; and he had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field: 30 And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces: 31 And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee: 32 (But he shall have one tribe for my servant David's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel:) 33 Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father. 34 Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand: but I will make him prince all the days of his life for David my servant's sake, whom I chose, because he kept my commandments and my statutes: 35 But I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand, and will give it unto thee, even ten tribes.
1 Kings 11:26 -
Baasha, “out of the dust” to the throne
1 Kgs 16:1, 2
1 Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying,
1 Kings 16:12 Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins;
1 Kings 16:2 -
Daniel, from a captive to premier
Dan 2:48
48 Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon.
Daniel 2:48 - See Daniel
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Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego
Dan 3:30
30 Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, in the province of Babylon.
Daniel 3:30
From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), by Orville J. Nave.
