1 Chronicles 11:1-5
1 Chronicles 11:1
Then all Israel gathered to David at Hebron and said, “Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.
1 Chronicles 11:2
In times past, even when Saul was king, you were the one who led out and brought in Israel; and the Lord your God said to you, ‘You shall shepherd My people Israel, and you shall be leader over My people Israel.’ ”
1 Chronicles 11:3
So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the Lord; and they anointed David king over Israel, in accordance with the word of the Lord through Samuel. Jerusalem Is the Capital City
1 Chronicles 11:4
Then David and all Israel went to Jerusalem (that is, Jebus); and the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, were there.
1 Chronicles 11:5
The inhabitants of Jebus said to David, “You shall not enter here.” Nevertheless David took the mountain stronghold of Zion (that is, the city of David).