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2 Samuel 2:7

So be strong and be brave, for even though Saul your master is dead, the people of Judah have anointed me as their king.”

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In The King James Version

Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and be ye valiant: for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them.

In Context

6Now may the Lord show you loyal love and trustworthiness, and I will also be good to you because of what you did for Saul.

8However, Abner, son of Ner, commander of Saul's army, had taken Ishbosheth, son of Saul, to Mahanaim.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 4:9Be brave, and fight like real men, Philistines! Otherwise you'll end up as slaves to the Israelites, just as they were your slaves. Now be real men and fight!”

1 Samuel 31:12all their strong warriors set out, traveled all night, and took down the bodies of Saul and his sons from the wall of Beth-shan. When they got back to Jabesh, they burned the bodies there.

2 Samuel 10:12Be brave, and fight your best for our people and the towns of our God. May the Lord do what he sees as good!”

1 Corinthians 16:13Stay alert. Stand firm in your trust in God. Take courage. Be strong.

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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