^{1 Ref} Then all the tribes of Israel came to David in Hebron and said, Truly, we are your bone and your flesh.

^{2 Ref} In the past when Saul was king over us, it was you who went at the head of Israel when they went out or came in: and the Lord said to you, You are to be the keeper of my people Israel and their ruler.

^{3 Ref} So all the responsible men of Israel came to the king at Hebron; and King David made an agreement with them in Hebron before the Lord: and they put the holy oil on David and made him king over Israel.

^{4 Ref} David was thirty years old when he became king, and he was king for forty years,

^{5 Ref} Ruling over Judah in Hebron for seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem, over all Israel and Judah, for thirty-three years.