2 Samuel 2:1

Therefore after these things David counselled with the Lord, and said, Whether I shall go up into one of the cities of Judah? (or And after these things David counselled with the Lord, and said, Shall I go up into one of the cities of Judah?) And the Lord said to him, Go thou up. And David said to the Lord, Whither shall I go up? And the Lord answered to him, Into Hebron.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2Therefore David went up, and his two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel, and Abigail, the wife of Nabal of Carmel.

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Cross References

Genesis 32:2And when he had seen them, he said, These be the castles of God (or These be the companies of God, or This is God’s camp); and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.

Numbers 27:21If anything shall be worthy to be done for this man, Joshua, Eleazar, the priest, shall counsel the Lord; he shall go out, and shall go in, at the word of Eleazar; he, and all the sons of Israel with him, and the tother multitude. (And if anything shall be worthy to be done for this man, Joshua, Eleazar, the priest, shall ask counsel from the Urim and the Thummim, before the Lord; he shall go out, and shall go in, at the word of Eleazar; he, and all the multitude of the Israelites.)

Joshua 15:13And Joshua gave to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, (a) part in the midst of the sons of Judah, as the Lord commanded to him, this part called Kiriatharba, of the father of Anak; that is Hebron. (And Joshua gave to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, a portion in the midst of the sons of Judah, as the Lord commanded him, and that was the city of Arba, who was the father of the Anakim, or of the giants; this is Hebron.)

1 Samuel 10:22And after these things they counselled with the Lord, whether Saul should come thither. And the Lord answered, Lo! he is hid among (the) vessels.

1 Samuel 23:4Therefore again David counselled with the Lord; the which answered (or who answered), and said to David, Rise thou up, and go into Keilah; for I shall betake [the] Philistines into thine hand.

1 Samuel 30:7And he said to Abiathar, the priest, the son of Ahimelech, Bring thou [the] ephod to me. And Abiathar brought the ephod to David;

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 2:1

David had paid due respect to the memory of Saul his prince and Jonathan his friend, and what he did was as much his praise as theirs; he is now considering what is to be done next. Saul is dead, now therefore David arise. I. By direction from God he went up to Hebron, and was there anointed king, ver. 1-4 . II. He returned thanks to the men of Jabesh-Gilead for burying Saul, ver. 5-7 . III. Ishbosheth, the son of Saul, is set up in opposition to him, ver. 8-11 . IV. A warm encounter happens between David's party… Read the whole commentary →

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