1All the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, "Behold, we are your bone and your flesh."2Even yesterday and even three days ago, while Saul was king over us, you were the one bringing Israel out and bringing in; and the LORD said to you, "You shall shepherd my people Israel, and you shall be ruler over Israel."3All the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD, and they anointed David king over Israel.4David was thirty years old when he began to reign; he reigned forty years.5In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.