2 Samuel 5:1-5
New English Translation
David Is Anointed King Over Israel
5 All the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron saying, “Look, we are your very flesh and blood![a] 2 In the past, when Saul was our king, you were the real leader in Israel.[b] The Lord said to you, ‘You will shepherd my people Israel; you will rule over Israel.’”
3 When all the leaders[c] of Israel came to the king at Hebron, King David made an agreement with them[d] in Hebron before the Lord. They designated[e] David as king over Israel. 4 David was thirty years old when he began to reign and he reigned for forty years. 5 In Hebron he reigned over Judah for seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned for thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.
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- 2 Samuel 5:1 tn Heb “look we are your bone and your flesh.”
- 2 Samuel 5:2 tn Heb “you were the one leading out and the one leading in Israel.”
- 2 Samuel 5:3 tn Heb “elders.”
- 2 Samuel 5:3 tn Heb “and the king, David, cut for them a covenant.”
- 2 Samuel 5:3 tn Heb “anointed.”
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