1 Chronicles 11:1-3

Living Bible

11 Then the leaders of Israel went to David at Hebron and told him, “We are your relatives,^{[a] 2} and even when Saul was king, you were the one who led our armies to battle and brought them safely back again. And the Lord your God has told you, ‘You shall be the shepherd of my people Israel. You shall be their king.’”

³ So David made a contract with them before the Lord, and they anointed him as king of Israel, just as the Lord had told Samuel.