1 Chronicles 11:1-3

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David Becomes King^(A)

11 Then the people of Israel ·came to [gathered before; joined] David at the town of Hebron and said, “Look, we are your own ·family [^Lbone and flesh]. ² In the past, even when Saul was king, you were the one who led Israel ·in battle [^Lout and brought it in]. The Lord your God said to you, ‘You will be the shepherd for my people Israel. You will be their leader.’”

³ So all the elders of Israel came to King David at Hebron. He made an ·agreement [covenant; treaty] with them in Hebron ·in the presence of [before] the Lord. Then they ·poured oil on [anointed] David to make him king over Israel. ·The Lord had promised through Samuel that this would happen [This was according to the word of the Lord through Samuel].