2 Samuel 2:7

Now therefore let your hands be strong, and be valiant; for Saul your lord is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them.”

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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 loving kindness and truth to you. I also will reward you for this kindness, because you have done this thing.

8Now Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul’s army, had taken Ishbosheth the son of Saul and brought him over to Mahanaim.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 4:9Be strong and behave like men, O you Philistines, that you not be servants to the Hebrews, as they have been to you. Strengthen yourselves like men, and fight!”

1 Samuel 31:12all the valiant men arose, went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth Shan; and they came to Jabesh and burnt them there.

2 Samuel 10:12Be courageous, and let’s be strong for our people and for the cities of our God; and may the LORD do what seems good to him.”

1 Corinthians 16:13Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! 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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