2 Samuel 7:8

Now , therefore, thus you shall say to my servant David , Thus says the Lord of hosts , I took you from the pasture , from following the sheep , that you should be prince over my people Israel .

“Now then, tell my servant David, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty says: I took you from the pasture, from tending the flock, and appointed you ruler over my people Israel.

Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel :