NET Bible
"David Is Anointed King Over Israel All the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron saying,“Look, we are your very flesh and blood!"
— 2 Samuel 5:1, NET Bible
“Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.”
“Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. ”
“Then came all the tribes of Israel to David to Hebron, and spoke, saying, "Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.”
“Then all the tribes of Israel came to David in Hebron, saying: Behold we are thy bone and thy flesh.”
“Then all the tribes of Israel came to David in Hebron and said, Truly, we are your bone and your flesh.”
“Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.”
David Is Anointed King Over Israel All the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron saying,“Look, we are your very flesh and blood!
In the past, when Saul was our king, you were the real leader in Israel. The LORD said to you,‘You will shepherd my people Israel; you will rule over Israel.’”
When all the leaders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, King David made an agreement with them in Hebron before the LORD. They designated David as king over Israel.
David was thirty years old when he began to reign and he reigned for forty years.