⁴ Then the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah.^(A) They told David: “It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul.”^(B)

³ So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron. King David made a covenant with them^(A) at Hebron in the Lord’s presence, and they anointed David king over Israel.