14 So the [three-tribe] division* of the camp of the sons of Judah pulled away first of all in their armies,+ and Nahʹshon+ the son of Am·minʹa·dab was over its army.

7 And this was Judah’s [blessing],*+ as he went on to say:

3 So all the older men*+ of Israel came to the king at Heʹbron, and King David concluded a covenant+ with them in Heʹbron before Jehovah; after which they anointed+ David as king over Israel.*+