And I gave you the house of your master, and your master’s wives into your bosom. And I gave you the house of Israel and of Judah. And if that were too little, then I would have added to you these and these things.
And the men of Judah came and anointed David to be king over the house of Judah there. And they told David, saying, It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul.
And all the elders of Israel came in to the king at Hebron. And David cut a covenant with them in Hebron before Jehovah. And they anointed David as king over Israel, according to the Word of Jehovah, by the hand of Samuel.