2 Even in times past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And to you the LORD said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.’” 3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where King David made with them a covenant before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel. 4 David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years.
2 Samuel 5:2–4
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1 Chronicles 11:2–4
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1 Kings 2:10–12
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1 Chronicles 23:1–2
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1 Chronicles 29:25–27
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2 Samuel 7:7–9
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2 Samuel 2:3–5
3 David also took the men who were with him, each with his household, and they settled in the towns near Hebron. 4 Then the men of Judah came to Hebron, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, “It was the men of Jabesh-gile…
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