2 Samuel 3:17-19

New Century Version

¹⁷ Abner sent this message to the elders of Israel: “You have been wanting to make David your king. ¹⁸ Now do it! The Lord said of David, ‘Through my servant David, I will save my people Israel from the Philistines and all their enemies.’”

¹⁹ Abner also said these things to the people of Benjamin. He then went to Hebron to tell David what the Benjaminites and Israel wanted to do.