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

Jerusalem, Capital City

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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