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"In times*past, even when Saul was king, you were the one who led out and brought in Israel; and the LORD your Godsaid to you, 'You shall shepherd My peopleIsrael, and you shall be princeover My peopleIsrael.' "
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So all the elders of Israelcame to the king at Hebron, and Davidmade a covenant with them in Hebronbefore the LORD; and they anointedDavidkingoverIsrael, according to the word of the LORDthroughSamuel.