1 Chronicles 11:1-4

Context

David Becomes King

11:1 All Israel joined David at Hebron and said, “Look, we are your very flesh and blood!¹ 11:2 In the past, even when Saul was king, you were Israel’s commanding general.² The Lord your God said to you, ‘You will shepherd my people Israel; you will rule over my people Israel.’” 11:3 When all the leaders³ of Israel came to the king at Hebron, David made an agreement⁴ with them in Hebron before the Lord. They anointed⁵ David king over Israel, just as the Lord had announced through Samuel.⁶

David Conquers Jerusalem

11:4 David and the whole Israelite army⁷ advanced to Jerusalem (that is, Jebus).⁸ (The Jebusites, the land’s original inhabitants, lived there.)⁹

[11:1] ¹tn Heb “look, your bone and your flesh [are] we.”

[11:2] ²tn Heb “you were the one who led out and the one who brought in Israel.”

[11:3] ³tn Heb “elders.”

[11:3] ⁴tn Or “covenant.”

[11:3] ⁵tn Or “They poured olive oil on David to designate him as king.”

[11:3] ⁶tn Heb “according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Samuel.”

[11:4] ⁷tn Heb “all Israel.”

[11:4] ⁸sn Jebus was an older name for the city of Jerusalem (cf. Josh 15:8; Judg 1:21).

[11:4] ⁹tn Heb “and there [were] the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land.”