2 Samuel 2:3

But also David led the men that were with him, each man with his house (hold) (or each man with his family); and they dwelled in the towns of Hebron.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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

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

4And the men of Judah came, and anointed there David, that he should reign upon the house of Judah, (or And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David to reign upon the house of Judah). And it was told to David, that [the] men of Jabesh of Gilead had buried Saul.

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Cross References

Joshua 21:11Kiriatharba, of the father of Anak, which is called Hebron, in the hill of Judah, and the suburbs thereof by compass; (Kiriatharba, that is, the City of Arba, who was the father of the Anak, that is, the Anakim, in the hill country of Judah, which is now called Hebron, and the suburbs around it;)

1 Samuel 27:2And (so) David rose up, and went forth, he and six hundred men with him, to Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.

1 Samuel 30:9Therefore David went forth, he and six hundred men that were with him, and they came unto the strand of Besor; and there the weary men of the host of David abode behind. (And so David went forth, he and the six hundred men who were with him, and they came to the Besor Stream; and the weary men in David’s army stayed behind there.)

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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