bSee Gen. 29:14
2 Samuel 2:9-10
9and he made him king over Gilead and the Ashurites and Jezreel and Ephraim and Benjamin and all Israel. 10Ish-bosheth, Saul’s son, was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David.2 Samuel 3:1
Abner Joins David
1There was a long war between the house of Saul and the house of David. And David grew stronger and stronger, while the house of Saul became weaker and weaker.2 Samuel 5:1-7
David Anointed King of Israel
1Then all the tribes of Israel acame to David at Hebron and said, “Behold, bwe are your bone and flesh. 2In times past, when Saul was king over us, cit was you who led out and brought in Israel. And the Lord said to you, d‘You shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and you shall be prince ▼▼Or leader
over Israel.’” 3So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, fand King David made a covenant with them at Hebron gbefore the Lord, and they anointed David king over Israel. 4David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and hhe reigned forty years. 5 iAt Hebron he reigned over Judah jseven years and six months, and at Jerusalem he reigned over all Israel and Judah thirty-three years. ▼▼Dead Sea Scroll lacks verses 4–5
6 lAnd the king and his men went to Jerusalem magainst the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, who said to David, “You will not come in here, but the blind and the lame will ward you off”—thinking, “David cannot come in here.” 7Nevertheless, David took the stronghold of Zion, nthat is, the city of David.
Acts 5:31
31God exalted ohim at his right hand as pLeader and qSavior, rto give srepentance to Israel and tforgiveness of sins.
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