So all the elders of Yisra'el came to the king to Chevron; and king David made a covenant with them in Chevron before the LORD: and they anointed David king over Yisra'el.
It happened, when all Yisra'el heard that Yarov`am was returned, that they sent and called him to the congregation, and made him king over all Yisra'el: there was none who followed the house of David, but the tribe of Yehudah only.
Yoshiyahu was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned thirty-one years in Yerushalayim: and his mother's name was Yedidah the daughter of `Adayah of Botzkat.
The inhabitants of Yerushalayim made Achazyah his youngest son king in his place; for the band of men who came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Achazyah the son of Yehoram king of Yehudah reigned.
All the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Sha'ul king before the LORD in Gilgal; and there they offered sacrifices of shalom offerings before the LORD; and there Sha'ul and all the men of Yisra'el rejoiced greatly.