And it came to pass after this, that David inquired 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.
enquired
2 Samuel 5:19,23 And David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines? …
Numbers 27:21 And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask counsel …
Judges 1:1 Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children …
1 Samuel 23:2,4,9-12 Therefore David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go and smite …
1 Samuel 30:7,8 And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, I pray you, …
Psalm 25:4,5 Show me your ways, O LORD; teach me your paths…
Psalm 27:4 One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that …
Psalm 143:8 Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning; for in you …
Proverbs 3:5,6 Trust in the LORD with all your heart; and lean not to your own understanding…
Ezekiel 36:37 Thus said the Lord GOD; I will yet for this be inquired of by the …
Hebron
2 Samuel 2:11 And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah …
2 Samuel 5:1-3 Then came all the tribes of Israel to David to Hebron, and spoke, …
2 Samuel 15:7 And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said to the king, …
Genesis 32:2 And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called …
Numbers 13:22 And they ascended by the south, and came to Hebron; where Ahiman, …
Joshua 14:14,15 Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh …
1 Samuel 30:31 And to them which were in Hebron, and to all the places where David …
1 Kings 2:11 And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven …
1 Chronicles 29:7 And gave for the service of the house of God of gold five thousand …
So David went up thither, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail Nabal's wife the Carmelite.
And his men that were with him did David bring up, every man with his household: and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron.
his men
1 Samuel 22:2 And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, …
1 Samuel 27:2,3 And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men that …
1 Samuel 30:1,9,10 And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on …
1 Chronicles 12:1 Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag, while he yet kept …
the cities
Joshua 21:11,12 And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city …
And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, That the men of Jabeshgilead were they that buried Saul.
And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabeshgilead, and said unto them, Blessed be ye of the LORD, that ye have shewed this kindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him.
David This was a generous and noble act, highly indicative of the grandeur of David's mind. He respected Saul, though he had been greatly injured by him, as the anointed king of Israel, and once his legitimate sovereign; and he loved Jonathan as his most intimate friend.
Blessed
Ruth 1:8 And Naomi said to her two daughters in law, Go, return each to her …
Ruth 2:20 And Naomi said to her daughter in law, Blessed be he of the LORD, …
Ruth 3:10 And he said, Blessed be you of the LORD, my daughter: for you have …
1 Samuel 23:21 And Saul said, Blessed be you of the LORD; for you have compassion on me.
1 Samuel 24:19 For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away? why the …
1 Samuel 25:32,33 And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which …
Psalm 115:15 You are blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth.
And now the LORD shew kindness and truth unto you: and I also will requite you this kindness, because ye have done this thing.
the Lord
2 Samuel 15:20 Whereas you came but yesterday, should I this day make you go up …
Psalm 57:3 He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that …
Proverbs 14:22 Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to …
Matthew 5:7 Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
2 Timothy 1:16-18 The Lord give mercy to the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed …
I also
2 Samuel 9:3,7 And the king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that …
2 Samuel 10:2 Then said David, I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, …
Matthew 5:44 But I say to you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do …
Matthew 10:16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the middle of wolves: be you …
Philemon 1:18 If he has wronged you, or owes you ought, put that on my account;
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.
let your
2 Samuel 10:12 Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for …
Genesis 15:1 After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, …
1 Samuel 4:9 Be strong and quit yourselves like men, O you Philistines, that you …
1 Samuel 31:7,12 And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, …
1 Corinthians 16:13 Watch you, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
Ephesians 6:10 Finally, my brothers, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
valiant [heb] the sons of valour
But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, took Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;
Abner
1 Samuel 14:50 And the name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz: …
1 Samuel 17:55 And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said …
1 Samuel 26:14 And David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, …
Saul's host [heb] the host which was Saul's
Ish-bosheth
2 Samuel 3:7,8 And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of …
2 Samuel 4:5,6 And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and …
1 Chronicles 8:33 And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, …
1 Chronicles 9:39 And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan, …
Esh-baal
Mahanaim
2 Samuel 17:26,27 So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead…
Genesis 32:2 And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called …
And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.
Gilead
Numbers 32:1 Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great …
Joshua 13:8-11 With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their inheritance, …
Psalm 108:8 Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of …
Ashurites The LXX. read (), {Thasiri}; and the Vulgate {Gessuri}, `Geshurites;' but it is probable that for {ashuri}, `Ashurites,' we should read {ashairri,} `Asherites,' or those of the tribe of Asher.
Genesis 30:13 And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: …
Numbers 1:40 Of the children of Asher, by their generations, after their families, …
over Jezreel
Joshua 19:18 And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,
Ishbosheth Saul's son was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David.
two years Houbigant proposes to read {shesh shanah}, `six years' instead of {shetayim shamim}, `two years' of the text, which he contends in a solecism; for, in pure Hebrew, the words should be {shetayim shanah}; and this is the reading of twenty MSS.; but {two} is acknowledged by all the versions and MSS. yet collated.
And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
A.M.
2 Samuel 17:14 And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai …
Genesis 32:2 And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called …
Gibeon
Joshua 9:3 And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to …
Joshua 10:2,4,12 That they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one …
Joshua 18:25 Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,
And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out, and met together by the pool of Gibeon: and they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool.
And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.
Then there arose and went over by number twelve of Benjamin, which pertained to Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.
And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellow's side; so they fell down together: wherefore that place was called Helkathhazzurim, which is in Gibeon.
by the head Probably by the beard or hair of the head. Plutarch, in his {Apophthegms}, informs us, that all things being ready for a battle, Alexander's captains asked him whether he had any thing else to command them. `Nothing,' he said, `but that the Macedonians shave their beards.' Parmenio wondering what he meant, `Dost thou not know,' said he, `that in fight, there is no better hold than the beard?'
{Helkath-hazzurim}. That is, the field of strong men.
And there was a very sore battle that day; and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.
And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe.
three
1 Chronicles 2:15,16 Ozem the sixth, David the seventh…
1 Chronicles 11:26 Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of Joab, …
was as light
2 Samuel 1:23 Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in …
1 Chronicles 12:8 And of the Gadites there separated themselves to David into the hold …
Psalm 147:10,11 He delights not in the strength of the horse: he takes not pleasure …
Ecclesiastes 9:11 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, …
Amos 2:14 Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong …
foot [heb] his feet
a wild roe. [heb] one of the roes that is in the field
Psalm 18:33 He makes my feet like hinds' feet, and sets me on my high places.
Songs 2:17 Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, …
Songs 8:14 Make haste, my beloved, and be you like to a roe or to a young hart …
Habakkuk 3:19 The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' …
The word {tzvee}, rather denotes the gazelle or antelope. See note on De.
2 Samuel 15:22 And David said to Ittai, Go and pass over. And Ittai the Gittite …
And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.
Then Abner looked behind him, and said, Art thou Asahel? And he answered, I am.
And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armour. But Asahel would not turn aside from following of him.
And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me: wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother?
Howbeit he refused to turn aside: wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him under the fifth rib, that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place: and it came to pass, that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still.
Joab also and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went down when they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lieth before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.
And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one troop, and stood on the top of an hill.
Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren?
Shall
2 Samuel 2:14 And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play before …
Acts 7:26 And the next day he showed himself to them as they strove, and would …
sword
2 Samuel 11:25 Then David said to the messenger, Thus shall you say to Joab, Let …
Isaiah 1:20 But if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured with the sword: …
Jeremiah 2:30 In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: …
Jeremiah 12:12 The spoilers are come on all high places through the wilderness…
Jeremiah 46:10,14 For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, …
Hosea 11:6 And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, …
it will be
2 Samuel 2:16 And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and thrust his …
Proverbs 17:14 The beginning of strife is as when one lets out water: therefore …
how long
Job 18:2 How long will it be ere you make an end of words? mark, and afterwards …
Job 19:2 How long will you vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?
Psalm 4:2 O you sons of men, how long will you turn my glory into shame? how …
Jeremiah 4:21 How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?
And Joab said, As God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother.
As God This was spoken in allusion to the proposal of Abner, (ver.
2 Samuel 2:14 And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play before …
1 Samuel 25:26 Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, …
Job 27:2 As God lives, who has taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who …
unless
2 Samuel 2:14 And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play before …
Proverbs 15:1 A soft answer turns away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
Proverbs 17:14 The beginning of strife is as when one lets out water: therefore …
Proverbs 20:18 Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
Proverbs 25:8 Go not forth hastily to strive, lest you know not what to do in the …
Isaiah 47:7 And you said, I shall be a lady for ever: so that you did not lay …
Luke 14:31,32 Or what king, going to make war against another king, sits not down first…
in the morning [heb] from the morning
gone up. or, gone away.
So Joab blew a trumpet, and all the people stood still, and pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they any more.
And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plain, and passed over Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and they came to Mahanaim.
Bithron. Bithron or Bether is probably the same as {Betarus} which is placed in the Antonine Itinerary between Caesarea of Palestine and Diospolis of Lydda,
2 Samuel 2:22 And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn you aside from following me: …
2 Samuel 2:20 Then Abner looked behind him, and said, Are you Asahel? And he answered, I am.
Songs 2:17 Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, …
Bether
Mahanaim
2 Samuel 2:12 And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son …
And Joab returned from following Abner: and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of David's servants nineteen men and Asahel.
But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner's men, so that three hundred and threescore men died.
And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which was in Bethlehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and they came to Hebron at break of day.
