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An Intertextuality Pair — one connection between two passages, shown as linked verse cards: the Later text and the Earlier text it quotes, alludes to or echoes. The Significance essay explains why the link matters and where it points in Christ.

Reference Type— how explicit the link is: Quotation, Allusion, or Echo
Connection Method(s)— how it carries meaning: e.g. Typology, Promise-Fulfillment, Analogy, Longitudinal Theme
Found via— where the connection was identified, e.g. the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge or an Anchor-Text Network

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Intertextuality Pair

1 Kings 2:1 → Joshua 1:5

Allusion

Later text

1 Kings 2:1BSB

As the time drew near for David to die, he charged his son Solomon,

Earlier text

Joshua 1:5BSB

No one shall stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so will I be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.

Significance

David's charge to Solomon in 1 Kings 2:1-3 closely echoes God's commission to Joshua in Joshua 1:5-9. Both use the imperative "be strong" (חֲזַק, chazaq), both command obedience to the Torah of Moses, and both promise divine presence and prospering. God told Joshua, "No man will be able to stand before you all the days of your life... I will not fail you or forsake you" (Josh 1:5); David tells Solomon to "keep the charge of the LORD your God... so that you may prosper in all you do and wherever you turn" (1 Kgs 2:3). This verbal echo positions Solomon as a new Joshua figure, receiving a commission to lead Israel in faithful obedience at a moment of leadership transition.

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Analogy