4The men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. They told David, saying, |The men of Jabesh Gilead were those who buried Saul.|


In Context

1 It happened after this, that David inquired of Yahweh, saying, |Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah?| Yahweh said to him, |Go up.| David said, |Where shall I go up?| He said, |To Hebron.|

2 So David went up there, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

3 David brought up his men who were with him, every man with his household. They lived in the cities of Hebron.

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

5 David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh Gilead, and said to them, |Blessed are you by Yahweh, that you have shown this kindness to your lord, even to Saul, and have buried him.

6 Now may Yahweh show loving kindness and truth to you. I also will reward you for this kindness, because you have done this thing.

2 Samuel 2:4 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:4Then the men of Judah came to Hebron and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. When David was told that it was the men of Jabesh Gilead who had buried Saul,

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:4And 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:4And the men of Juda came, and anointed David there, to be king over the house of Juda. And it was told David, that the men of Jabes Galaad had buried Saul.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:4And 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:4And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, It is the men of Jabesh-Gilead that have buried Saul.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:4And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:4And 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:4And the men of Judah come, and anoint there David for king over the house of Judah; and they declare to David, saying, 'The men of Jabesh-Gilead are they who buried Saul.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:4And 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 Jabeshgilead were they that buried Saul.