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1 Chronicles 11:2-4
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1 Chronicles 11:2-4
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2 Even back when Saul was ruling as king, you kept on leading the army of Israel out to battle[a] and bringing them in again.[b] The Lord your God told you, ‘You yourself will shepherd my people Israel and will be Commander-in-Chief[c] over my people Israel.’” 3 So all the elders of Israel approached the king at Hebron, where David entered into a covenant in[d] the presence of the Lord. Then they anointed David to be king over Israel, just as the Lord had sent word through[e] Samuel.
David Captures Jerusalem
4 Later, David and all of Israel marched to Jerusalem (then known as Jebus, where the Jebusites lived when they inhabited the land).
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- 1 Chronicles 11:2 The Heb. lacks out to battle
- 1 Chronicles 11:2 The Heb. lacks in again
- 1 Chronicles 11:2 Lit. Nagid; i.e. a senior officer entrusted with dual roles of operational oversight and management authority
- 1 Chronicles 11:3 Lit. covenant—that is, at Hebron—in
- 1 Chronicles 11:3 Lit. word by the hand of
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