~ chose me before ~ 10_2SA_06_21  And David said unto Michal, [It was] before the LORD, which chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel, therefore will I play before the LORD. #, 13_1CH_28_04  Howbeit the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever, for he hath chosen Judah [to be] the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he liked me to make [me] king over all Israel, #,