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All the Israelites gathered around David at Hebron. "We're your own flesh and blood," they said.
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"In the past, even when Saul ruled over us, you were the one who led Israel. The LORD your God told you, ‘You will shepherd my people Israel, and you will become a leader over my people Israel.'"
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So all of Israel's elders came to the king at Hebron, and David made a covenant with them before the LORD. They anointed David to make him king over Israel, just as the LORD had promised through Samuel.
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Then David and all Israel marched to Jerusalem, that is, Jebus, where the Jebusites lived.
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The people who lived in Jebus told David, "You'll never get in here!" But David captured the mountain fortress of Zion, which became David's City.