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1 Chronicles 11:3-5
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3 When all the leaders[a] of Israel came to the king at Hebron, David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the Lord. They anointed David king over Israel, in keeping with the Lord’s message that came through Samuel.[b]

David Conquers Jerusalem

4 David and the whole Israelite army[c] advanced to Jerusalem (that is, Jebus).[d] (The Jebusites, the land’s original inhabitants, lived there.)[e] 5 The residents of Jebus said to David, “You cannot invade this place!” But David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David).

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 11:3 tn Heb “elders.”
  2. 1 Chronicles 11:3 tn Heb “by the hand of Samuel.”
  3. 1 Chronicles 11:4 tn Heb “all Israel.”
  4. 1 Chronicles 11:4 sn Jebus was an older name for the city of Jerusalem (cf. Josh 15:8; Judg 1:21).
  5. 1 Chronicles 11:4 tn Heb “and there [were] the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land.”
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