Acts 13:36

David served his own generation, then died and saw decay. The psalm's words cannot ultimately refer to him.

Cross-references · 30

• 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 Kgs 2:10Then David rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David.
• 2 Sam 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.
• 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.’
• 1 Chr 18:14Thus David reigned over all Israel and administered justice and righteousness for all his people:
• 2 Chr 12:16And Rehoboam rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And his son Abijah reigned in his place.
• 2 Chr 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.
• 2 Chr 21:1And Jehoshaphat rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David. And his son Jehoram reigned in his place.
• 2 Chr 9:31And Solomon rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David. And his son Rehoboam reigned in his place.
• Job 21:26But together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover them both.
• Job 19:26–27Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God.
• Job 17:14and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’
• John 11:39“Take away the stone,” Jesus said. “Lord, by now he stinks,” said Martha, the sister of the dead man. “It has already been four days.”
• 1 Chr 17:11And when your days are fulfilled and you go to be with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom.
• 1 Chr 15:25–29So David, the elders of Israel, and the commanders of thousands went with rejoicing to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from the house of Obed-edom.
• 1 Chr 13:2–4And he said to the whole assembly of Israel, “If it seems good to you, and if this is of the LORD our God, let us send word far and wide to the rest of our brothers in all the land of Israel, and also to the priests and Levites in their cities and pasturelands, so that they may join us.
• 1 Chr 22:1–19Then David said, “Here shall be the house of the LORD God, as well as the altar of burnt offering for Israel.”
• 1 Cor 15:53–54For the perishable must be clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality.
• 1 Cor 15:6After that, He appeared to more than five hundred brothers at once, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep.
• Gen 3:19By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground—because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”
• Ps 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.
• Ps 78:71–72from tending the ewes He brought him to be shepherd of His people Jacob, of Israel His inheritance.
• Ps 49:9that he should live on forever and not see decay.
• 1 Cor 15:18Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
• 1 Chr 15:12–16And he said to them, “You are the heads of the Levitical families. You and your relatives must consecrate yourselves so that you may bring the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel, to the place I have prepared for it.
• Acts 20:27For I did not shrink back from declaring to you the whole will of God.
• Acts 7:60Falling on his knees, he cried out in a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
• 1 Th 4:13Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who are without hope.
• 1 Chr 11:2Even in times past, while Saul was king, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And the LORD your God said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.’”
• 1 Cor 15:42–44So will it be with the resurrection of the dead: What is sown is perishable; it is raised imperishable.

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