2 Samuel 5:1-5 (Bible in Basic English)
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1
Then all the tribes of Israel came to David in Hebron and said, Truly, we are your bone and your flesh.
2
In the past when Saul was king over us, it was you who went at the head of Israel when they went out or came in: and the Lord said to you, You are to be the keeper of my people Israel and their ruler.
3
So all the responsible men of Israel came to the king at Hebron; and King David made an agreement with them in Hebron before the Lord: and they put the holy oil on David and made him king over Israel.
4
David was thirty years old when he became king, and he was king for forty years,
5
Ruling over Judah in Hebron for seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem, over all Israel and Judah, for thirty-three years.
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