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"Now may the LORD show you true kindness! I also will reward you, because you have done this deed."
— 2 Samuel 2:6, NET Bible
“And now the Lord shew kindness and truth unto you: and I also will requite you this kindness, because ye have done this thing.”
“And now Jehovah show lovingkindness and truth unto you: and I also will requite you this kindness, because ye have done this thing. ”
“Now may Yahweh show loving kindness and truth to you. I also will reward you for this kindness, because you have done this thing.”
“And now the Lord surely will render you mercy and truth, and I also will requite you for this good turn, because you have done this thing.”
“May the Lord be good and true to you: and I myself will see that your kind act is rewarded, because you have done this thing.”
“And now the Lord shew kindness and truth unto you: and I also will requite you this kindness, because ye have done this thing.”
David also brought along the men who were with him, each with his family. They settled in the cities of Hebron.
The men of Judah came and there they anointed David as king over the people of Judah.David was told,“The people of Jabesh Gilead are the ones who buried Saul.”
So David sent messengers to the people of Jabesh Gilead and told them,“May you be blessed by the LORD because you have shown this kindness to your lord Saul by burying him.
Now may the LORD show you true kindness! I also will reward you, because you have done this deed.
Now be courageous and prove to be valiant warriors, for your lord Saul is dead. The people of Judah have anointed me as king over them.”
David’s Army Clashes with the Army of Saul Now Abner son of Ner, the general in command of Saul’s army, had taken Saul’s son Ish-bosheth and had brought him to Mahanaim.
He appointed him king over Gilead, the Geshurites, Jezreel, Ephraim, Benjamin, and all Israel.