2 Samuel 2:4

Then men from Judah came and anointed David king over the house of Judah. They told David, “The men of Jabesh Gilead have buried Saul.”

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And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, That the men of Jabesh-gilead were they that buried Saul.

In Context

3David brought the men who were with him, who each brought his family, to the cities of Hebron, where they began to live.

5So David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh Gilead and said to them, “You are blessed by Yahweh, since you have showed this loyalty to your master Saul and have buried him.

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Cross References

Genesis 49:8Judah, your brothers will praise you. 1 Your hand will be on the neck of your enemies. 1 Your father's sons will bow down before you. 1

1 Samuel 31:11When the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead heard of what the Philistines had done to Saul,

2 Samuel 2:11The time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.

2 Samuel 5:5In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.

2 Samuel 19:11King David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests saying, “Speak to the elders of Judah saying, 'Why are you the last to bring the king back to his palace, since the talk of all Israel favors the king, to bring him back to his palace?

2 Samuel 21:11It was told to David what Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah, the slave wife of Saul, had done.

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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