1 Chronicles 11:1-3

David Made King over All Israel

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1} ^(A)Then all Israel gathered to David at Hebron ^(a)and said, “Behold, we are your bone and your flesh. ^{Tools
2} In times past, even when Saul was king, you were the one who led out and brought in Israel; and the Lord your God said to you, ‘^(B)You shall shepherd My people Israel, and you shall be prince over My people Israel.’” ^{Tools
3} So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the Lord; and ^(C)they anointed David king over Israel, ^(D)according to the word of the Lord through Samuel.

Footnotes:

a. 1 Chronicles 11:1: ['Lit ', saying]

Cross references:

A. 1 Chronicles 11:1: 2 Samuel 5:1; 2 Samuel 5:3; 2 Samuel 5:6-10

B. 1 Chronicles 11:2: 2 Samuel 5:2; 2 Samuel 7:7

C. 1 Chronicles 11:3: 2 Samuel 2:4; 2 Samuel 5:3; 2 Samuel 5:5

D. 1 Chronicles 11:3: 1 Samuel 16:1; 1 Samuel 16:3; 1 Samuel 16:12; 1 Samuel 16:13