12 And he sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy and had beautiful eyes and was ^bhandsome. And the Lord said, “Arise, anoint him, for ^cthis is he.” 13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers. And the Spirit of the Lord ^drushed upon David from that day forward. And Samuel rose up and went to Ramah.

4 And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah.

When they told David, ⁿ“It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul,”

3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David ^cmade a covenant with them at Hebron before the Lord, and they anointed David king over Israel.