2 Samuel 5:2-4
1599 Geneva Bible
2 And in time past when Saul was our King, thou leddest Israel in and out: and the Lord hath said to thee, (A)Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel.
3 So all the Elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron: and King David made a covenant with them in Hebron [a]before the Lord, and they anointed David King over Israel.
4 ¶ David was thirty years old when he began to reign: and he reigned forty years.
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- 2 Samuel 5:3 That is, taking the Lord to witness: for the Ark was as yet in Abinadab’s house.
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