1Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron, and they said, "Look, we are your bone and your flesh."2Also yesterday and the day before, when Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them in, and the LORD said to you, "You will shepherd my people Israel, and you will be a ruler over Israel."3Then all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them there before the LORD. And they anointed David king over Israel.4David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years.5In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned over all Israel and Judah for thirty-three years.