2 Samuel 2:4

The men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. They told David, “The men of Jabesh Gilead were those who buried Saul.”

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WEBBE

The men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. They told David, “The men of Jabesh Gilead were those who buried Saul.”

BSB

Then the men of Judah came to Hebron, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, “It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul.”

KJV

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 Jabesh-gilead were they that buried Saul.

ASV

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 were they that buried Saul.

BBE

And the men of Judah came there, and with the holy oil made David king over the people of Judah. And word came to David that it was the men of Jabesh-gilead who put Saul's body in its last resting-place.

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וַיָּבֹאוּ vai·ya·vo·'u and they came H935 אַנְשֵׁי 'an·shei [the] people of H582 יְהוּדָה ye·hu·dah Judah H3063 וַיִּמְשְׁחוּ־ vai·yim·she·chu- and they anointed H4886 שָׁם sham there H8033 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 דָּוִד da·vid David H1732 לְמֶלֶךְ le·me·lekh to king H4428 עַל־ 'al- over H5921 בֵּית beit [the] house of H1004 יְהוּדָה ye·hu·dah Judah H3063 וַיַּגִּדוּ vai·ya·gi·du and people told H5046 לְדָוִד le·da·vid to David H1732 לֵאמֹר le·mor (to) saying H559 אַנְשֵׁי 'an·shei [the] men of H582 יָבֵישׁ ya·veish Jabesh H3003 גִּלְעָד gil·'ad Gilead H1568 אֲשֶׁר 'a·sher who H834 קָבְרוּ ka·ve·ru they buried H6912 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 שָׁאוּל ס sha·'ul Saul H7586

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–7

After the death of Saul, many went to David at Ziklag, 1Ch 12:22, but he trusted in God who promised him the kingdom, to give it in his own time and manner. Yet assurance of hope in God's promise, will quicken pious endeavours. If I be chosen to the crown of life, it does not follow, Then I will do nothing; but, Then I will do all that God directs me. This good use David made of his election, and so will all whom God has chosen. In all our journeys and removes, it is comfortable to see God going before us; and we may do so, if by faith and prayer we set Him before us. God, according to the promise, directed David's path. David rose gradually: thus the kingdom of the Messiah, the Son of David, is set up by degrees; he is Lord of all, but we see not yet all things put under him.

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DavidSaulJudah Jabesh-gilead

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IsraelDavidAnointingJabesh-Gilead

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.