Then Shmuel took the shofar of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of YY came upon David from that day forward. So Shmuel rose up, and went to Ramah.
Then Shmuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because YY hath anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance?
Then the Spirit of YY came upon Yiftach, and he passed over Gilad, and Mnasheh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilad, and from Mizpeh of Gilad he passed over unto the children of Ammon.
And the Spirit of YY came upon him, and he judged Yisrael, and went out to war: and YY delivered Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushanrishathaim.
Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Yishai the Bethlehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and YY is with him.
And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his head, and said unto him, Thus saith YY Elohim of Yisrael, I have anointed thee king over the people of YY , even over Yisrael.
And the Spirit of YY came mightily upon him, and he rent him as he would have rent a kid, and he had nothing in his hand: but he told not his father or his mother what he had done.
And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone.
And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Yishai, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.
And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedon, and of Barak, and of Shimshon, and of Yiftach; of David also, and Shmuel, and of the prophets:
And I will raise me up a faithful kohen, that shall do according to that which is in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever.
And the men of Yhudah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Yhudah. And they told David, saying, That the men of JabeshGilad were they that buried Saul.
So all the elders of Yisrael came to the king to Hevron; and king David made a league with them in Hevron before YY : and they anointed David king over Yisrael.
And Natan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith YY Elohim of Yisrael, I anointed thee king over Yisrael, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;
Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Yishai said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the Elohim of Yaakov, and the sweet psalmist of Yisrael, said,
And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before YY , and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and YY remembered her.
Therefore came all the elders of Yisrael to the king to Hevron; and David made a covenant with them in Hevron before YY ; and they anointed David king over Yisrael, according to the word of YY by Shmuel.