2 Samuel 2:1-11 ▼

1 And it came to pass after this that David inquired of YHWH, saying, “Shall I go up to one of the cities of Judah?” And YHWH said to him, “Go up.” And David said, “Where shall I go up?” And He said, “To Hebron.”

2 And David went up there, and also his two wives Ahinoam the Jezreelitess and Abigail the widow of Nabal the Carmelite.

3 And the men who were with him David brought up, every man and his household, and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron.

4 And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, “The men of Jabesh-gilead are they who buried Saul.”

5 And David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh-gilead and said to them, “You? are blessed of YHWH, for you? have shown this kindness to your? lord, to Saul, and have buried him.

6 And may YHWH show to you? loving devotion and truth, and also I will repay you? this kindness, because you? have done this thing.

7 And now let your? hands be strengthened and become sons of valor, for your? master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah has anointed me king over them.”

8 And Abner son of Ner, commander of the army that was unto Saul, had taken Ish-bosheth son of Saul and brought him over to Mahanaim.

9 And he made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.

10 Ish-bosheth son of Saul was a son of forty years when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned two years. Only the house of Judah was behind David.

11 And the number of the days that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.