David Reigns over All Israel
1 Then all the tribes of Israel acame to David at Hebron and spoke, saying, “Indeed bwe are your bone and your flesh.
2 Also, in time past, when Saul was king over us, ayou were the one who led Israel out and brought them in; and the Lord said to you, b‘You shall shepherd My people Israel, and be ruler over Israel.’ ”
3 aTherefore all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, band King David made a covenant with them at Hebron cbefore the Lord. And they anointed David king over Israel.
4 David was athirty years old when he began to reign, and bhe reigned forty years.
5 In Hebron he reigned over Judah aseven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.
The Conquest of Jerusalem
6 aAnd the king and his men went to Jerusalem against bthe Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, who spoke to David, saying, “You shall not come in here; but the blind and the lame will repel you,” thinking, “David cannot come in here.”
7 Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion a(that is, the City of David).
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