1Ch 11:1-3 | ESV | STEP | Then all Israel gathered together to David at Hebron and said , Behold , we are your bone and flesh .

c ver. 10; ch. 12:23; 1 Sam. 16:1, 3, 12, 13

1 Chronicles 11:1-3

David Anointed King

1 ^aThen all Israel gathered together to David at Hebron and said, “Behold, we are your bone and flesh. 2 In times past, even when Saul was king, it was you who led out and brought in Israel. And the Lord your God said to you, ^b‘You shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and you shall be prince 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, ^caccording to the word of the Lord by Samuel.