Reference

1 Chronicles 11:2

And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the Lord thy God said unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel.
1

Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

2

And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the Lord thy God said unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel.

3

Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the Lord; and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the Lord by Samuel.

4

And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.

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Israel as Distinct
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Israel-Specific Promises
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Counter-Arguments

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Israel as Distinct

The verse does not explicitly state that Israel's distinctness is *separate from the Church* because the concept of "the Church" as a distinct entity in the New Testament sense was not yet revealed or understood at the time this verse was written. Therefore, while it clearly supports Israel's distinctness, it cannot directly address its relationship to a future theological construct.

Israel-Specific Promises

While the verse speaks of leading and ruling "my people Israel," the promise to "feed" them could be interpreted as a general responsibility of a leader rather than a unique, Israel-specific divine promise.