17 Now Abner had communicated with the elders of Israel, saying, “In time past you were seeking for David to be king over you.

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17 Abner conferred with the elders(A) of Israel and said, “For some time you have wanted to make David your king.

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Therefore all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the Lord. And (A)they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the Lord [a]by (B)Samuel.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 11:3 Lit. by the hand of Samuel

When all the elders of Israel had come to King David at Hebron, he made a covenant with them at Hebron before the Lord, and they anointed(A) David king over Israel, as the Lord had promised through Samuel.

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