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Previously, even when Saul was king, you were the one who led out and brought in Israel; and Yahweh your God said to you, ‘(A)You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be a ruler over My people Israel.’” So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and David cut a covenant with them in Hebron before Yahweh; then (B)they anointed David king over Israel, (C)according to the word of Yahweh through Samuel.

David Captures Jerusalem

Then David and all Israel went to Jerusalem ((D)that is, Jebus); and the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, were there.

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