Government: Mosaic: Chooses David As King

Now Abner conferred with the elders of Israel and said, “In the past you sought David as your king. …

So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where King David made with them a covenant before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel.

So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where David made a covenant with them before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD through Samuel.