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2 Samuel 2:1-4

David Anointed King of Judah

1 After this David ^ainquired of the Lord, “Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah?” And the Lord said to him, “Go up.” David said, “To which shall I go up?” And he said, “To ^bHebron.” 2 So David went up there, and ^chis two wives also, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel. 3 And David brought up ^dhis men who were with him, everyone with his household, and they lived in the towns of Hebron. 4 And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David ^eking over the house of Judah.

When they told David, ^f“It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul,”