3 And when the people came to the camp, the elders of Israel said, “Why has the Lord defeated us today before the Philistines? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord here from Shiloh, that it¹ may come among us and save us from the power of our enemies.”

4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah

30 Then he said, “I have sinned; yet honor me now ^pbefore the elders of my people and before Israel, and return with me, that I may bow before the Lord your God.”

17 And Abner conferred with the elders of Israel, saying, “For some time past you have been seeking David as king over you.

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.

4 And the advice seemed right in the eyes of Absalom and all the elders of Israel.

11 And King David sent this message to Zadok and Abiathar the priests: “Say to the ^lelders of Judah, ‘Why should you be the last to bring the king back to his house, when the word of all Israel has come to the king?¹