1Ch 11:1-3, 12:23-40 | ESV | STEP | Then all Israel gathered together to David at Hebron and said , Behold , we are your bone and flesh .

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.

1 Chronicles 12:23-40

23 These are the numbers of the divisions of the armed troops ^dwho came to David in Hebron ^eto turn the kingdom of Saul over to him, ^faccording to the word of the Lord. 24 The men of Judah bearing shield and spear were 6,800 armed troops. 25 Of the Simeonites, mighty men of valor for war, 7,100. 26 Of the Levites 4,600. 27 The prince Jehoiada, of the house of Aaron, and with him 3,700. 28 ^gZadok, a young man mighty in valor, and twenty-two commanders from his own fathers’ house. 29 Of the Benjaminites, ^hthe kinsmen of Saul, 3,000, of whom the ⁱmajority had to that point kept their allegiance to the house of Saul. 30 Of the Ephraimites 20,800, mighty men of valor, famous men in their fathers’ houses. 31 Of the half-tribe of Manasseh 18,000, who were ^jexpressly named to come and make David king. 32 Of Issachar, men who ^khad understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, 200 chiefs, and all their kinsmen under their command. 33 Of Zebulun 50,000 seasoned troops, ^lequipped for battle with all the weapons of war, to help David ^{▼▼Septuagint; Hebrew lacks David} with ⁿsingleness of purpose. 34 Of Naphtali 1,000 commanders with whom were 37,000 men armed with shield and spear. 35 Of the Danites 28,600 men equipped for battle. 36 Of ^oAsher 40,000 ^pseasoned troops ^qready for battle. 37 Of the Reubenites and Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh from beyond the Jordan, 120,000 men armed with all the weapons of war.

38 All these, men of war, arrayed in battle order, came to Hebron with ^ra whole heart to make David king over all Israel. Likewise, all the rest of Israel were of a ^ssingle mind to make David king. 39 And they were there with David for three days, eating and drinking, for their brothers had made preparation for them. 40 And also their relatives, from as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, came bringing food on donkeys and on camels and on mules and on oxen, abundant provisions of flour, ^tcakes of figs, clusters of raisins, and wine and oil, oxen and sheep, for there was joy in Israel.