jps - 2Samuel:5:1-5

jps@2Samuel:5:1 @ Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spoke, saying: 'Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

jps@2Samuel:5:2 @ In times past, when Saul was king over us, it was thou that didst lead out and bring in Israel; and the LORD said to thee: Thou shalt feed My people Israel, and thou shalt be prince over Israel.'

jps@2Samuel:5:3 @ So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD; and they anointed David king over Israel.

jps@2Samuel:5:4 @ David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.

jps@2Samuel:5:5 @ In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months; and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah.