18 Then Hushai said to Absalom, "No, rather, whom Yahweh and this people and all the men of Israel have chosen, to him* I will be, and with him I will remain.
2 Samuel 16:18 Cross References - LEB
1 Samuel 16:13
13 So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers. Then the Spirit of Yahweh rushed upon David from that day ⌊on⌋.* Then Samuel got up and went to Ramah.
2 Samuel 5:1-3
1 So all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron, and they said, "Here we are, ⌊we are your flesh and blood⌋.*
2 ⌊For some time⌋,* when Saul was king over us, ⌊you were leading Israel in and out⌋.* Yahweh had said to you, 'You shall be the shepherd of my people Israel, and you will be the leader over Israel.'"
3 All the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David ⌊made a covenant⌋* with them at Hebron in the presence of Yahweh; then they anointed David as king over Israel.