1. Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.
2. And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, you were he that led out and brought in Israel: and the LORD your God said unto you,
3. Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD; and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD by Samuel.
4. And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.