2 Samuel 5:1-5

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


2 Samuel 15:9-10

9The king said to him, lGo in peace.” So he arose and went to Hebron. 10But Absalom sent secret messengers throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, “As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then say, ‘Absalom is king at Hebron!’”

1 Chronicles 12:23

23These are the numbers of the divisions of the armed troops mwho came to David in Hebron nto turn the kingdom of Saul over to him, oaccording to the word of the Lord.

1 Chronicles 12:28

28 pZadok, a young man mighty in valor, and twenty-two commanders from his own fathershouse.
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