Foreshadowing / Mirroring: David is taken from shepherding to become Israel’s anointed king; later Scripture develops the Davidic ruler as a shepherd, and Jesus identifies himself as the Good Shepherd. This is a whole-canon shepherd-king typology rather than a direct citation of 1 Samuel 16.

Foreshadowing/mirroring by contrast: the guilty shepherd-king David calls Israel “these sheep” and asks that judgment fall on him and his house rather than on them. Jesus identifies himself as the sinless Good Shepherd who actually lays down his life for the sheep.

Ecclesiastes 12:11 contributes to a wider biblical shepherd-and-wisdom trajectory, while John 10 presents Jesus explicitly as the Good Shepherd. The canonical relationship is meaningful, but John does not cite Ecclesiastes 12:11 as prophecy or identify it as a direct messianic source.

Ezekiel says the LORD himself will seek, rescue, feed, heal, and gather his scattered sheep and will appoint one Davidic shepherd. Jesus identifies himself as the Good Shepherd who knows, protects, gathers, and lays down his life for the sheep.

The Good Shepherd who lays down his life is climactically portrayed in Revelation as the Lamb who shepherds the redeemed. Revelation fuses John’s Good Shepherd and Lamb images.