2 Samuel 5:2-5

5:2 In the past, when Saul was our king, you were the real leader in Israel. ¹  The Lord said to you, ‘You will shepherd my people Israel; you will rule over Israel.’”

5:3 When all the leaders ²  of Israel came to the king at Hebron, King David made an agreement with them ³  in Hebron before the Lord. They designated ⁴  David as king over Israel. 5:4 David was thirty years old when he began to reign and he reigned for forty years. 5:5 In Hebron he reigned over Judah for seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem ⁵  he reigned for thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.

[5:2]  ¹ tn Heb “you were the one leading out and the one leading in Israel.”

[5:3]  ² tn Heb “elders.”

[5:3]  ³ tn Heb “and the king, David, cut for them a covenant.”

[5:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “anointed.”

[5:5]  ⁵ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.