7Now therefore let your hands be strong, and be valiant; for Saul your lord is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them.|


In Context

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.

7 Now therefore let your hands be strong, and be valiant; for Saul your lord is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them.|

8 Now Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's army, had taken Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;

9 and he made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.

2 Samuel 2:7 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:7Now then, be strong and brave, for Saul your master is dead, and the house of Judah has anointed me king over them."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:7Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and be ye valiant: for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:7Let your hands be strengthened, and be ye men of valour: for although your master Saul be dead, yet the house of Juda hath anointed me to be their king.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:7Now therefore let your hands be strong, and be ye valiant; for Saul your lord is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:7And now let your hands be strong, and be ye valiant; for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:7Now therefore let your hands be strong, and be ye valiant: for Saul your lord is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:7Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and be ye valiant: for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:7and now, are your hands strong, and be ye for sons of valour, for your lord Saul. is dead, and also — me have the house of Judah anointed for king over them.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:7Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and be you valiant: for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them.