DAVID, KING OF ISRAEL

5 All the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebrona and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.A,b 2 Even while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led us out to battle and brought us back.c The Lord also said to you, ‘You will shepherd my people Israel, and you will be ruler over Israel.’ ”

3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron. King David made a covenant with themd at Hebron in the Lord’s presence, and they anointed David king over Israel.

4 David was thirty years old when he began his reign;e he reigned forty years. 5 In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.