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1 Then all Israel assembled before David at Hebron. "Look at us," they said. "We're your very flesh and blood.
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All Israel came together to David at Hebron and said, “We are your own flesh and blood.
2 In the past, yes, even while Saul was king, you were the real leader of Israel. God told you, 'You will shepherd my people Israel; you are to be the ruler of my people Israel.'"
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In the past, even while Saul was king, you were the one who led Israel on their military campaigns. And the LORD your God said to you, ‘You will shepherd my people Israel, and you will become their ruler.’ ”
3 When all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, David made a covenant with them in the presence of God at Hebron. Then they anointed David king over Israel exactly as God had commanded through Samuel.
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When all the elders of Israel had come to King David at Hebron, he made a covenant with them at Hebron before the LORD, and they anointed David king over Israel, as the LORD had promised through Samuel.
4 David and all Israel went to Jerusalem (it was the old Jebus, where the Jebusites lived).
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David and all the Israelites marched to Jerusalem (that is, Jebus). The Jebusites who lived there
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