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katapi HOME 2 Samuel 5:1-5 - DAVID KING of a united kingdom of Israel & Judah. (1016 BCE)  2Sm.5.1-5- 1Chr.11.1-9, 1Chr.14.1-7 | NEB Contents | notes

5 1 vv1-3, 6-10: cp 1Chr. 11.1-9 NOW ALL THE TRIBES OF ISRAEL came to David at Hebron and said to him, 'We are your own flesh and blood. 5 2 In the past, while Saul was still king over us, you led the forces of Israel to war and you brought them home again. And the LORD said to you, "You shall be shepherd of my people Israel; you shall be their prince." ' 5 3 All the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron; there David made a covenant with them before the LORD, and they anointed David king over Israel.

5 4 David came to the throne at the age of thirty and reigned for forty years. 5 5 In Hebron he had ruled over Judah for seven years and a half, and for thirty-three years he reigned in Jerusalem over Israel and Judah together.

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