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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 Chronicles 29:25 → Joshua 3:7

Echo

Later text

1 Chronicles 29:25BSB

The LORD highly exalted Solomon in the sight of all Israel and bestowed on him royal majesty such as had not been bestowed on any king in Israel before him.

Earlier text

Joshua 3:7BSB

Now the LORD said to Joshua, "Today I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel, so they may know that I am with you just as I was with Moses.

Significance

In Joshua 3:7 God promises "Today I will begin to exalt you (גַּדֶּלְךָ, gaddelkha) in the sight of all Israel," establishing divine exaltation as the basis for Joshua's authority at the Jordan crossing. First Chronicles 29:25 employs the same concept for Solomon: "The LORD highly exalted (וַיְגַדֵּל, vayegaddel) Solomon in the sight of all Israel and bestowed on him royal majesty." The shared vocabulary of גדל (g-d-l, "make great/exalt") before "all Israel" (כָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל) creates an echo linking Joshua's leadership to Solomon's kingship, suggesting a pattern in which God publicly validates His chosen leaders through visible acts of power -- the Jordan crossing for Joshua, the kingdom's prosperity for Solomon.

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Echo
Connection Method(s): Analogy — the same divine act at two junctures rather than one storyline: as the LORD said "Today I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel" at the Jordan, so He "highly exalted Solomon in the sight of all Israel" at the accession (shared גדל before all Israel); God similarly authenticates His appointed leaders publicly — a parallel pattern of validation.