1. Then all Israel gathered around David in Hebron, and they said: “Look! We are your bone and your flesh.
2. In days past, when Saul was still the king, it was you who led Israel in all its battles. And now the Lord, your God, has said to you: You shall shepherd my people Israel; you shall be ruler over my people Israel.”
3. Then all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and at Hebron David made a covenant with them in the presence of the Lord; and they anointed David king over Israel, in accordance with the word of the Lord given through Samuel.
4. Then David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, that is, Jebus, where the inhabitants of the land were called Jebusites.