1 Chronicles 11:1-3

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David Becomes King Over Israel

11 All the Israelites came to David at the town of Hebron. They said to David, “We are your own flesh and blood.^{[a] 2} In the past you led us in war. You led us even though Saul was the king. The Lord said to you ‘David, you will be the shepherd of my people, the Israelites. You will become the leader over my people.’”

³ All the leaders of Israel came to King David at the town of Hebron. David made an agreement with them in Hebron before the Lord. The leaders anointed David. That made him king over Israel. The Lord had promised through Samuel that this would happen.