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Acts 13:36

For when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep. His body was buried with his fathers and saw decay.

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ASV

For David, after he had in his own generation served the counsel of God, fell asleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:

KJV

For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:

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ΔαυὶδDauidDavidG1138 →
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ἰδίᾳidiain his ownG2398 →
γενεᾷgeneagenerationG1074 →
ὑπηρετήσαςhupēretēsashaving servedG5256 →
τῇtēatheG3588 →
τοῦtou<the>G3588 →
θεοῦtheouof GodG2316 →
βουλῇboulēapurposeG1012 →
ἐκοιμήθηekoimēthēhe fell asleepG2837 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
προσετέθηprosetethēhe was addedG4369 →
πρὸςprostoG4314 →
τοὺςtoustheG3588 →
πατέραςpaterasfathersG3962 →
αὐτοῦautouof himG846 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
εἶδενeidensawG1492 →
διαφθοράν·diaphthorandecay;G1312 →

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Acts 2:29Brothers, I can tell you with confidence that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.1 Chronicles 29:28He died at a ripe old age, full of years, riches, and honor, and his son Solomon reigned in his place.Genesis 25:8And at a ripe old age he breathed his last and died, old and contented, and was gathered to his people.2 Samuel 7:12And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.1 Kings 2:10Then David rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David.Acts 13:22After removing Saul, He raised up David as their king and testified about him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse a man after My own heart; he will carry out My will in its entirety.’Genesis 15:15You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.Psalms 18:1I love You, O LORD, my strength.Judges 2:10After that whole generation had also been gathered to their fathers, another generation rose up who did not know the LORD or the works that He had done for Israel.1 Kings 14:8I tore the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it to you. But you were not like My servant David, who kept My commandments and followed Me with all his heart, doing only what was right in My eyes.Deuteronomy 31:16And the LORD said to Moses, “You will soon rest with your fathers, and these people will rise up and prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake Me and break the covenant I have made with them.Romans 14:8If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.1 Chronicles 18:14Thus David reigned over all Israel and administered justice and righteousness for all his people:Matthew 25:16The servant who had received the five talents went at once and put them to work and gained five more.Psalms 49:14Like sheep they are destined for Sheol. Death will be their shepherd. The upright will rule them in the morning, and their form will decay in Sheol, far from their lofty abode.2 Chronicles 26:23And Uzziah rested with his fathers and was buried near them in a field of burial that belonged to the kings; for the people said, “He was a leper.” And his son Jotham reigned in his place.1 Chronicles 22:1–19Then David said, “Here shall be the house of the LORD God, as well as the altar of burnt offering for Israel.”Job 17:14and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’

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