David Anointed King of Israel
1Then all the tribes of Israel ucame to David at Hebron and said, “Behold, vwe are your bone and flesh. 2In times past, when Saul was king over us, wit was you who led out and brought in Israel. And the Lord said to you, x‘You shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and you shall be prince1 over Israel.’” 3So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, yand King David made a covenant with them at Hebron zbefore the Lord, and they anointed David king over Israel. 4David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and ahe reigned forty years. 5aAt Hebron he reigned over Judah bseven years and six months, and at Jerusalem he reigned over all Israel and Judah thirty-three years.2
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