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Then all Israel gathered together to David at Hebron and said, "See, we are your bone and flesh.
2
For some time now, even while Saul was king, it was you who commanded the army of Israel. The Lord your God said to you: It is you who shall be shepherd of my people Israel, you who shall be ruler over my people Israel."
3
So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the Lord. And they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the Lord by Samuel.
4
David and all Israel marched to Jerusalem, that is Jebus, where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.
5
The inhabitants of Jebus said to David, "You will not come in here." Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion, now the city of David.