2
In the past, when Saul was king, it was you who went at the head of Israel when they went out or came in; and the Lord your God 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 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, as the Lord had said by Samuel.
4
Then David and all Israel went to Jerusalem (which is Jebus); and the Jebusites, the people of the land, were there.
5
And the people of Jebus said to David, You will not come in here. But still, David took the strong place of Zion, which is the town of David.
6
And David said, The first to overcome the Jebusites will be chief and captain. And Joab, the son of Zeruiah, went up first, and became chief.
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