2 Samuel 2:2 - Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

2 Samuel 2:2

David Anointed King of Judah

1 It happened after this that David ^ainquired of the Lord, saying, “Shall I go up to any of the cities of Judah?” And the Lord said to him, “Go up.” David said, “Where shall I go up?” And He said, “To ^bHebron.”

2 So David went up there, and his ^atwo wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the widow of Nabal the Carmelite.

3 And David brought up ^athe men who were with him, every man with his household. So they dwelt in the cities of Hebron.

4 ^aThen the men of Judah came, and there they ^banointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, ^c“The men of Jabesh Gilead were the ones who buried Saul.”

5 So David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh Gilead, and said to them, ^a“You are blessed of the Lord, for you have shown this kindness to your lord, to Saul, and have buried him.

6 And now may ^athe Lord show kindness and truth to you. I also will repay you this kindness, because you have done this thing.

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DAVID, BY GOD'S DIRECTION, GOES UP TO HEBRON, AND IS MADE KING OVER JUDAH. (II Samuel 2:1-7)

David inquired of the Lord—By Urim (I Samuel 23:6, I Samuel 23:9; I Samuel 30:7-8). He knew his destination, but he knew also that the providence of God would pave the way. Therefore he would take no step in such a crisis of his own and the nation's history, without asking and obtaining the divine direction. He was told to go into Judah, and fix his headquarters in Hebron, whither he accordingly repaired with his now considerable force. There his interests were very powerful; for he was not only within his own tribe, and near chiefs with whom he had been long in friendly relations (see on I Samuel 30:26), but Hebron was the capital and center of Judah, and one of the Levitical cities; the inhabitants of which were strongly attached to him, both from sympathy with his cause ever since the massacre at Nob, and from the prospect of realizing in his person their promised pre-eminence among the tribes. The princes of Judah, therefore, offered him the crown over their tribe, and it was accepted. More could not, with prudence, be done in the circumstances of the country (I Chronicles 11:3).

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