Study it in the app“So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and David made a covenant with them at Hebron before YHWH; and they anointed David as king over Israel, according to the word of YHWH by the hand of Samuel.”
So allוַ כָּלthe eldersזִקְנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלcameיָּבֹאוּtoאֶלthe kingהַמֶּלֶךְat Hebron,חֶבְרוֹנָהand Davidוַ דָּוִידmadeיִּכְרֹתa covenantבְּרִיתwith themלָהֶםat HebronבְּחֶבְרוֹןbeforeלִפְנֵיYHWH;יְהוָהand they anointedוַיִּמְשְׁחוּDavidדָּוִידas kingלְמֶלֶךְoverעַלIsrael,יִשְׂרָאֵלaccording to the wordכִּדְבַרof YHWHיְהוָהby the handבְּיַדof Samuel.שְׁמוּאֵל
elder
The senior men who led a city or the people.
Where else “zikne” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavou” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsHebron
See it on the mapWhere else “chevrona” appearsDavid
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appearsmake a covenant
Literally "cut": to seal a solemn agreement, splitting animals.
Where else “yichrot” appearscovenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “berit” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsanoint
To pour oil on someone to set them apart for God.
Where else “yimshchu” appearsword
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” appearsthrough
Literally "by the hand of": that person is the one who does it or carries it.
Where else “yad” appearsSamuel
Samuel, the name of two persons. One was a chief of the tribe of Simeon (Numbers 34:20). The best known is the son of Elkanah and Hannah, prophet and last judge of Israel, who anointed the kings Saul and David. The name sounds like "heard by El" or "name of El."
Where else “shemuel” appearsOther books that tell the same thing or quote these words.
David king over all Israel
1 Chronicles 11:1-3
1Then all Israel gathered to David at Hebron, saying, “Look, we are your bone and your flesh. 2For some time now, even when Saul was king, you were the one who led out and brought in Israel; and YHWH your Elohim said to you, ‘You will shepherd my people, Israel, and you will be leader over my people Israel.’” 3So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and David made a covenant with them at Hebron before YHWH; and they anointed David as king over Israel, according to the word of YHWH by the hand of Samuel.
1All the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Look at us: we are your bone and your flesh. 2For some time now, when Saul was king over us, you were the one who led out and brought in Israel; and YHWH said to you, ‘You will shepherd my people Israel, and you will be leader over Israel.’” 3So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them at Hebron before YHWH; and they anointed David as king over Israel. 4David was thirty years old when he began to reign; forty years he reigned. 5In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah.
Hebron
Today: Hebron (Al-Khalil), West Bank
A city in the hills of Judea, about 19 miles (30 km) south of Jerusalem.
Abraham lived nearby and bought the cave there where he buried Sarah (Gen 23:2). David was anointed king of Judah at Hebron (2 Sam 2:1-4).
2For some time now, even when Saul was king, you were the one who led out and brought in Israel; and YHWH your Elohim said to you, ‘You will shepherd my people, Israel, and you will be leader over my people Israel.’”
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4And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, that is Jebus; and there was the Jebusite, the inhabitants of the land.
