Jos 1:6, 2Sa 2:8-9, 5:1-3 | ESV | STEP | Be strong and courageous , for you shall cause this people to inherit the land that I swore to their fathers to give them.

Joshua 1:6

6 ^aBe strong and courageous, for you shall cause this people to inherit the land that I swore to their fathers to give them.

2 Samuel 2:8-9

Ish-bosheth Made King of Israel

8 But ^bAbner the son of Ner, commander of Saul’s army, took Ish-bosheth the son of Saul and brought him over to ^cMahanaim, 9 and he made him king over Gilead and the Ashurites and Jezreel and Ephraim and Benjamin and all Israel.

2 Samuel 5:1-3

David Anointed King of Israel

1 Then all the tribes of Israel ^dcame to David at Hebron and said, “Behold, ^ewe are your bone and flesh. 2 In times past, when Saul was king over us, ^fit was you who led out and brought in Israel. And the Lord said to you, ^g‘You shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and you shall be prince ^{▼▼Or leader} over Israel.’” 3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, ⁱand King David made a covenant with them at Hebron ^jbefore the Lord, and they anointed David king over Israel.