2 And moreover in timepast, even when Saul was king, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest inIsrael: and the LORD thy Godsaid unto thee, Thou shalt feed my peopleIsrael, and thou shalt be ruler over my peopleIsrael.
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1 Chronicles 11:2 In-Context
1 Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying , Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
2 And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD thy God said unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel.
3 Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD; and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD by Samuel.
4 And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.
5 And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come hither. Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion, which is the city of David.
Footnotes 1
[a] in time...: Heb. both yesterday and the third day