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2 Samuel 2

2 Sam. 2:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And it came to pass after this
'achar (Hebrew #310)
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
KJV usage: after (that, -ward), again, at, away from, back (from, -side), behind, beside, by, follow (after, -ing), forasmuch, from, hereafter, hinder end, + out (over) live, + persecute, posterity, pursuing, remnant, seeing, since, thence(-forth), when, with.
Pronounce: akh-ar'
Origin: from 309
, that David
David (Hebrew #1732)
Daviyd {daw-veed'}; from the same as 1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse
KJV usage: David.
Pronounce: daw-veed'
Origin: rarely (fully)
inquired
sha'al (Hebrew #7592)
a primitive root; to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand
KJV usage: ask (counsel, on), beg, borrow, lay to charge, consult, demand, desire, X earnestly, enquire, + greet, obtain leave, lend, pray, request, require, + salute, X straitly, X surely, wish.
Pronounce: shaw-al'
Origin: or shael {shaw-ale'}
r of the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, saying
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, Shall I go up
`alah (Hebrew #5927)
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative (as follow)
KJV usage: arise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, + shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make to) go (away, up); grow (over) increase, lay, leap, levy, lift (self) up, light, (make) up, X mention, mount up, offer, make to pay, + perfect, prefer, put (on), raise, recover, restore, (make to) rise (up), scale, set (up), shoot forth (up), (begin to) spring (up), stir up, take away (up), work.
Pronounce: aw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
into any
'echad (Hebrew #259)
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
KJV usage: a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-)ly, each (one), + eleven, every, few, first, + highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,
Pronounce: ekh-awd'
Origin: a numeral from 258
of the cities
`iyr (Hebrew #5892)
or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; from 5782 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
KJV usage: Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
Pronounce: eer
Origin: or (in the plural) par {awr}
of Judah
Yhuwdah (Hebrew #3063)
celebrated; Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
KJV usage: Judah.
Pronounce: yeh-hoo-daw'
Origin: from 3034
? And the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
unto him, Go up
`alah (Hebrew #5927)
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative (as follow)
KJV usage: arise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, + shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make to) go (away, up); grow (over) increase, lay, leap, levy, lift (self) up, light, (make) up, X mention, mount up, offer, make to pay, + perfect, prefer, put (on), raise, recover, restore, (make to) rise (up), scale, set (up), shoot forth (up), (begin to) spring (up), stir up, take away (up), work.
Pronounce: aw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
. And David
David (Hebrew #1732)
Daviyd {daw-veed'}; from the same as 1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse
KJV usage: David.
Pronounce: daw-veed'
Origin: rarely (fully)
said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, Whither shall I go up
`alah (Hebrew #5927)
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative (as follow)
KJV usage: arise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, + shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make to) go (away, up); grow (over) increase, lay, leap, levy, lift (self) up, light, (make) up, X mention, mount up, offer, make to pay, + perfect, prefer, put (on), raise, recover, restore, (make to) rise (up), scale, set (up), shoot forth (up), (begin to) spring (up), stir up, take away (up), work.
Pronounce: aw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
? And he said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, Unto Hebron
Chebrown (Hebrew #2275)
seat of association; Chebron, a place in Palestine, also the name of two Israelites
KJV usage: Hebron.
Pronounce: kheb-rone'
Origin: from 2267
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Judg. 1:1• 1{i}And it came to pass after the death of Joshua that the children of Israel asked Jehovah, saying, Which of us shall go up against the Canaanites first, to fight against them?{/i} (Judg. 1:1)
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1 Sam. 23:2,4,10• 2{i}And{/i} David inquired of Jehovah, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And Jehovah said unto David, Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah.
 4{i}And David inquired of Jehovah yet again{/i}. And Jehovah answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into thine hand.
 10Then said David, O Jehovah God of Israel, thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake. (1 Sam. 23:2,4,10)
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2 Sam. 5:1,3• 1Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
 3So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and King David made a league with them in Hebron before Jehovah: and they anointed David king over Israel. (2 Sam. 5:1,3)

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David,
Hebron,
The Kingdom of Judah

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-4:  David, by God's direction, with his company goes up to Hebron, where he is made king of Judah.
5-7:  He commends them of Jabesh-gilead for their kindness to Saul.
8-11:  Abner makes Ishbosheth king of Israel.
12-17:  A mortal skirmish between twelve of Abner's and twelve of Joab's men.
18-24:  Asahel is slain.
25-31:  At Abner's motion, Joab sounds a retreat.
32:  Asahel's burial.
enquired.
2 Sam. 5:19,23• 19{i}And David{/i} inquired of Jehovah, saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines? {i}wilt thou give them into my hand?{/i} And Jehovah said unto David, Go up: for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into thine hand.
 23{i}And David inquired of Jehovah; and he said,{/i} Thou shalt not go up; but fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees. (2 Sam. 5:19,23)
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Num. 27:21• 21{i}And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him, by the judgment of the Urim before Jehovah: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, he, and all the children of Israel with him, even the whole assembly.{/i} (Num. 27:21)
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Judg. 1:1• 1{i}And it came to pass after the death of Joshua that the children of Israel asked Jehovah, saying, Which of us shall go up against the Canaanites first, to fight against them?{/i} (Judg. 1:1)
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1 Sam. 23:2,4,9‑12• 2{i}And{/i} David inquired of Jehovah, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And Jehovah said unto David, Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah.
 4{i}And David inquired of Jehovah yet again{/i}. And Jehovah answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into thine hand.
 9And David knew that Saul secretly practiced mischief against him, {i}he said to Abiathar the priest{/i}, Bring hither the ephod.
 10Then said David, O Jehovah God of Israel, thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.
 11Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? O Jehovah God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And Jehovah said, He will come down.
 12Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul? And Jehovah said, They will deliver thee up. (1 Sam. 23:2,4,9‑12)
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1 Sam. 30:7‑8• 7And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. {i}And Abiathar brought the ephod near to David.{/i}
 8And David inquired at Jehovah, saying, shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? {i}And he said to him,{/i} Pursue, for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all. (1 Sam. 30:7‑8)
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Psa. 25:4‑5• 4Make me to know thy ways, O Jehovah;{HR}Teach me thy paths.
 5Lead me in thy truth and teach me,{HR}For thou [art] the God of my salvation;{HR}For thee have I waited all the day. (Psa. 25:4‑5)
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Psa. 27:4• 4One [thing] have I asked from Jehovah, that will I seek after;{HR}To dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life,{HR}To gaze upon the beauty of Jehovah and to consider in his temple. (Psa. 27:4)
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Psa. 143:8• 8Cause me to hear in the morning thy mercy,{HR}For in thee do I confide;{HR}Make me to know the way that I should go,{HR}For unto thee I lift up my soul. (Psa. 143:8)
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Prov. 3:5‑6• 5Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart,{HR}And lean not unto thine own discernment;
 6In all thy ways acknowledge him,{HR}And he shall make straight thy paths. (Prov. 3:5‑6)
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Ezek. 36:37• 37Thus saith the Lord Jehovah; I will yet for this be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock. (Ezek. 36:37)
Hebron.
2 Sam. 2:11• 11And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months. (2 Sam. 2:11)
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2 Sam. 5:1‑3• 1Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
 2Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and Jehovah said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel.
 3So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and King David made a league with them in Hebron before Jehovah: and they anointed David king over Israel. (2 Sam. 5:1‑3)
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2 Sam. 15:7• 7And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto Jehovah, in Hebron. (2 Sam. 15:7)
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Gen. 32:2• 2And when Jacob saw them, he said, This [is] the camp of God. And he called the name of that place Mahanaim . (Gen. 32:2)
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Num. 13:22• 22{i}And they went up by the south, and came to Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. Now Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.{/i} (Num. 13:22)
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Josh. 14:14‑15• 14{i}Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this day, because he wholly followed Jehovah the God of Israel.{/i}
 15{i}Now the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-Arba; the great man among the Anakim{/i}. And the land had rest from, war. (Josh. 14:14‑15)
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1 Sam. 30:31• 31{i}and to those in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men went about.{/i} (1 Sam. 30:31)
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1 Kings 2:11• 11{i}And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: he reigned seven years in Hebron, and he reigned thirty-three years in Jerusalem.{/i} (1 Kings 2:11)
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1 Chron. 29:7• 7and gave for the service of the house of God, of gold five thousand talents and ten thousand drams, and of silver ten thousand talents, and of brass eighteen thousand talents, and one hundred thousand talents of iron. (1 Chron. 29:7)
• David, still humble, goes on well. He asks Jehovah if he should go up to Judah, and to which place; and Jehovah directs him. (“2 Samuel 1-2” by J.N. Darby)
• He is about to take the place that God had long before purposed for him. The first thing David now does is to consult the Lord, to show that he depends completely on Him. We could say that above all else, dependence is the characteristic feature of his career....(1 Sam. 30:6-7), David is a dependent man and consequently a strong man. Nothing is more pleasing to God than this. Our walk's uncertainties and vacillations are explained by our lack of dependence. (“Hebron: 2 Samuel 2” by H.L. Rossier)
• David left to himself might perhaps have hesitated to choose from among many places, but God designates one place alone for His servant. (“Hebron: 2 Samuel 2” by H.L. Rossier)
• Hebron was the point at which his reign, typically speaking, must begin, David's reign being but a type of Christ's reign which is based on the cross. Christ's kingdom is the consequence and the reward of His cross. (“Hebron: 2 Samuel 2” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And it came to pass after this that David inquired of Jehovah, saying, Shall I go up into one of the cities of Judah? And Jehovah said to him, Go up. And David said, Whither shall I go up? And he said, Unto Hebron.

W. Kelly Translation

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And it came to pass after this that David inquired of Jehovah, saying, Shall I go up unto any of the cities of Judah? And Jehovah said unto him, Go up. And David said, Whither shall I go up? And he said, Unto Hebron.

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)