2 Samuel 2:1-9 ▼

1 It happened after this, that David inquired of the LORD, saying, |Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah?| The LORD said to him, |Go up.| David said, |Where shall I go up?| He said, |To Hebron.|

2 So David went up there, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelite, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite,

3 and the men who were with him, everyone with his household. And they lived in Hebron.

4 Then the men of Judah came, and they anointed David king over the house of Judah. When David was told that the men of Jabesh Gilead buried Saul,

5 then he sent messengers to the lords of Jabesh Gilead, and said to them, |May you be blessed by the LORD, since you showed loyalty towards your lord, Saul, and have buried him.

6 Now may the LORD show loving kindness and truth to you. I also will reward you for this kindness, because you have done this thing.

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

8 Now Abner the son of Ner, commander of Saul's army, had taken Ishbaal the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;

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