2 Samuel 2:9-10; 2 Samuel 3:21; 2 Samuel 5:4-5; 2 Samuel 8:15; 2 Samuel 10:1; 2 Samuel 15:10; 2 Samuel 16:8 (New American Standard)

9 He made him king over Gilead, over the Ashurites, over Jezreel, over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, even over all Israel. 10 Ish-bosheth, Saul's son, was forty years old when he became king over Israel, and he was king for two years. The house of Judah, however, followed David. 21 Abner said to David, "Let me arise and go and gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may be king over all that your soul desires." So David sent Abner away, and he went in peace. 4 David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years. 5 At Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah. 15 So David reigned over all Israel ; and David administered justice and righteousness for all his people.

Ammon and Aram Defeated

1 Now it happened afterwards that the king of the Ammonites died, and Hanun his son became king in his place. 10 But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, "As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then you shall say, 'Absalom is king in Hebron.' " 8 "The LORD has returned upon you all the bloodshed of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned ; and the LORD has given the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. And behold, you are taken in your own evil, for you are a man of bloodshed !"