2 Samuel 2:1 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹And it came to pass after this, that David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? And the LORD said unto him, Go up. And David said, Whither shall I go up? And he said, Unto Hebron.

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 30:31
And to them which were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were wont to haunt.
1 Samuel 23:2
Therefore David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And the LORD said unto David, Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah.
1 Samuel 23:4
Then David enquired of the LORD yet again. And the LORD answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into thine hand.
Genesis 32:2
And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
1 Samuel 23:9-12
And David knew that Saul secretly practised mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod. …

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-7)

When Saul and Jonathan were dead, though David knew himself anointed to be king, and now saw his way very clear, yet he did not immediately send messengers through all the coasts of Israel to summon all people to come in and swear allegiance to him, upon pain of death, but proceeded leisurely; for he that believeth doth not make haste, but waits God’s time for the accomplishment of God’s promises.…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 1)

2Sa 2:1-7. David, by God’s Direction, Goes Up to Hebron, and Is Made King over Judah. 1-4. David inquired of the Lord--By Urim (1Sa 23:6, 9; 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…