2 Samuel 5:2-4

Expanded Bible

² ·Even [In the past] when Saul was [^Lour] king, you were the one who led Israel ·in battle [^Lout and in]. The Lord said to you, ‘You will be a shepherd for my people Israel. You will be their ·leader [ruler].’”

³ So all the elders of Israel came to King David at Hebron, and he ·made [^Lcut] an ·agreement [treaty; covenant] with them in Hebron in the presence of the Lord. Then they ·poured oil on [anointed] David to make him king ·over [of] Israel.

David Captures Jerusalem^(A)

⁴ David was thirty years old when he became king, and he ·ruled [reigned] forty years.