2 Samuel 2:3

David also took the men who were with him, each with his household, and they settled in the towns near Hebron.

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

And his men that were with him did David bring up, every man with his household: and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron.

In Context

2So David went there with his two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel.

4Then the men of Judah came to Hebron, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, “It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul.”

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Cross References

Joshua 21:11They gave them Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), with its surrounding pasturelands, in the hill country of Judah. (Arba was the father of Anak.)

1 Samuel 27:2So David set out with his six hundred men and went to Achish son of Maoch, the king of Gath.

1 Samuel 30:9So David and his six hundred men went to the Brook of Besor, where some stayed behind

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 2:2-8

David Made King at Hebron. ( b. c. 1053.) 1 And it came to pass after this, that David enquired of the Lord , saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? And the Lord said unto him, Go up. And David said, Whither shall I go up? And he said, Unto Hebron. 2 So David went up thither, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail Nabal's wife the Carmelite. 3 And his men that were with him did David bring up, every man with his household: and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron. 4 And the men… Read the whole commentary →

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