2 Samuel 2:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And David took all his men with him, every man with his family: and they were living in the towns round Hebron.

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 27:2-3 : 2 So David and the six hundred men who were with him went over to Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath. 3 And David and his men were living with Achish at Gath; every man had his family with him, and David had his two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel, and Abigail of Carmel, who had been the wife of Nabal.
  • 1 Sam 30:1 : 1 Now when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, the Amalekites had made an attack on the South and on Ziklag, and had overcome Ziklag and put it on fire;
  • 1 Chr 12:1-7 : 1 Now these are the men who came to David at Ziklag, while he was still shut up, because of Saul, the son of Kish; they were among the strong men, his helpers in war. 2 They were armed with bows, and were able to send stones, and arrows from the bow, with right hand or left: they were Saul's brothers, of Benjamin. 3 Ahiezer was their chief, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; and Jeziel and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and Beracah and Jehu the Anathothite; 4 And Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a great man among the thirty, and their chief; and Jeremiah and Jehaziel and Johanan and Jozabad the Gederathite; 5 Eluzai and Jerimoth and Bealiah and Shemariah and Shephatiah the Haruphite; 6 Elkanah and Isshiah and Azarel and Joezer and Jashobeam, the Korahites; 7 And Joelah and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.
  • 1 Sam 30:9-9 : 9 So David went, and his six hundred men went with him, and they came to the stream Besor. 10 And David, with four hundred men, went on: but two hundred of them were overcome with weariness, and not able to go across the stream.
  • Josh 21:11-12 : 11 They gave them Kiriath-arba, the town of Arba, the father of Anak, (which is Hebron) in the hill-country of Judah, with its grass-lands. 12 But the open country round the town, and its unwalled places, they gave to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, as his property.
  • 1 Sam 22:2 : 2 And everyone who was in trouble, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was bitter in soul, came together to him, and he became captain over them: about four hundred men were joined to him.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 2 Sam 2:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1 Now after this, David, questioning the Lord, said, Am I to go up into any of the towns of Judah? And the Lord said to him, Go up. And David said, Where am I to go? And he said, To Hebron.

    2 So David went there, taking with him his two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel, and Abigail, the wife of Nabal of Carmel.

  • 1 Sam 30:31
    77%

    31 And in Hebron, and to all the places where David and his men had been living.

  • 1 Sam 27:2-3
    2 verses
    77%

    2 So David and the six hundred men who were with him went over to Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.

    3 And David and his men were living with Achish at Gath; every man had his family with him, and David had his two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel, and Abigail of Carmel, who had been the wife of Nabal.

  • 2 Sam 2:4
    75%

    4 And the men of Judah came there, and with the holy oil made David king over the people of Judah. And word came to David that it was the men of Jabesh-gilead who put Saul's body in its last resting-place.

  • 1 Chr 14:3
    74%

    3 And while he was living in Jerusalem, David took more wives and became the father of more sons and daughters.

  • 1 Sam 30:3-5
    3 verses
    74%

    3 And when David and his men came to the town, they saw that it had been burned down, and their wives and their sons and daughters had been made prisoners.

    4 Then David and the people who were with him gave themselves up to weeping till they were able to go on weeping no longer.

    5 And David's two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail, the wife of Nabal of Carmel, had been made prisoners.

  • 2 Sam 5:13
    73%

    13 And David took more women and wives in Jerusalem, after he had come from Hebron: and he had more sons and daughters.

  • 1 Chr 11:7
    73%

    7 And David took the strong tower for his living-place, so it was named the town of David.

  • 1 Sam 25:12-13
    2 verses
    72%

    12 So David's young men, turning away, went back and gave him an account of everything he had said.

    13 And David said to his men, Put on your swords, every one of you. And every man put on his sword; and David did the same; and about four hundred men went up with David, and two hundred kept watch over their goods.

  • 2 Sam 5:3
    72%

    3 So all the responsible men of Israel came to the king at Hebron; and King David made an agreement with them in Hebron before the Lord: and they put the holy oil on David and made him king over Israel.

  • 1 Chr 11:1
    72%

    1 Then all Israel came together to David at Hebron, and said, Truly, we are your bone and your flesh.

  • 1 Kgs 2:10
    72%

    10 Then David went to rest with his fathers, and his body was put into the earth in the town of David.

  • 2 Sam 20:2-3
    2 verses
    72%

    2 So all the men of Israel, turning away from David, went after Sheba, the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah were true to their king, going with him from Jordan as far as Jerusalem.

    3 And David came to his house at Jerusalem: and the king took the ten women to whom he had given the care of the house, and had them shut up, and gave them the necessaries of life, but did not go near them. So they were shut up till the day of their death, living as widows.

  • 1 Chr 11:3-4
    2 verses
    72%

    3 So all the responsible men of Israel came to the king at Hebron; and David made an agreement with them in Hebron before the Lord; and they put the holy oil on David and made him king over Israel, as the Lord had said by Samuel.

    4 Then David and all Israel went to Jerusalem (which is Jebus); and the Jebusites, the people of the land, were there.

  • 1 Sam 30:21
    72%

    21 And David came to the two hundred men, who because of weariness had not gone with him, but were waiting at the stream Besor: and they went out, meeting David and the people who were with him; and when they came near them, they said, How are you?

  • 1 Chr 15:3-4
    2 verses
    72%

    3 And David made all Israel come together at Jerusalem, to take the ark of the Lord to its place, which he had got ready for it.

    4 And David got together the sons of Aaron, and the Levites;

  • 2 Sam 5:1
    71%

    1 Then all the tribes of Israel came to David in Hebron and said, Truly, we are your bone and your flesh.

  • 1 Sam 22:1
    71%

    1 So David went away from there and took cover in a strong place at Adullam; and his brothers and all his father's people, hearing of it, went down to him there.

  • 2 Sam 3:20
    71%

    20 So Abner, with twenty men, came to Hebron, to David. And David made a feast for Abner and the men who were with him.

  • 1 Chr 15:1
    71%

    1 And David made houses for himself in the town of David; and he got ready a place for the ark of God, and put up a tent for it.

  • 2 Sam 17:24
    71%

    24 And David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom, with all the men of Israel, went over Jordan.

  • 1 Sam 24:22
    71%

    22 So give me your oath by the Lord, that you will not put an end to my seed after me or let my name be cut off from my father's family.

  • 1 Chr 12:23
    71%

    23 These are the numbers of the chiefs of the armed men, ready for war, who came to David at Hebron, to give the kingdom of Saul into his hands, as the Lord had said.

  • 1 Chr 12:1
    71%

    1 Now these are the men who came to David at Ziklag, while he was still shut up, because of Saul, the son of Kish; they were among the strong men, his helpers in war.

  • 1 Sam 22:4
    71%

    4 And he took them to the king of Moab and they went on living with him while David was in his safe place.

  • 2 Sam 16:15
    71%

    15 And Absalom and the men of Israel came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel was with him.

  • 2 Sam 6:2
    70%

    2 And David, and all the people who were with him, went to Baal of Judah to get the ark of God, over which the holy name is named, the name of the Lord of armies, whose place is between the winged ones.

  • 1 Chr 12:16
    70%

    16 And some of the children of Benjamin and Judah came to David in his strong place.

  • 2 Sam 2:32
    70%

    32 And they took Asahel's body and put it in the last resting-place of his father in Beth-lehem. And Joab and his men, travelling all night, came to Hebron at dawn.

  • 1 Chr 12:38-39
    2 verses
    70%

    38 All these men of war, expert in ordering the fight, came to Hebron with the full purpose of making David king over all Israel; and all the rest of Israel were united in their desire to make David king.

    39 For three days they were there with David, feasting at his table, for their brothers had made ready food for them.

  • 1 Sam 30:18
    69%

    18 And David got back everything the Amalekites had taken; and he got back his two wives.

  • 2 Sam 5:10
    69%

    10 And David became greater and greater; for the Lord, the God of armies, was with him.

  • 1 Chr 28:1
    69%

    1 And David got together at Jerusalem all the rulers of Israel, the chiefs of the tribes and the captains of the divisions waiting on the king in turn, and the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds and the controllers of all the goods and property of the king and his sons, with the unsexed servants and the great men of war.

  • 2 Sam 1:1
    69%

    1 Now after the death of Saul, when David, having come back from the destruction of the Amalekites, had been in Ziklag for two days;

  • 2 Sam 15:30
    69%

    30 And David went up the slopes of the Mount of Olives weeping all the way, with his head covered and no shoes on his feet: and all the people who were with him, covering their heads, went up weeping.

  • 1 Chr 13:2
    69%

    2 And David said to all the men of Israel who had come together there, If it seems good to you and if it is the purpose of the Lord our God, let us send to all the rest of our brothers, everywhere in the land of Israel, and to the priests and the Levites in their towns and the country round them, and get them to come together here to us;

  • 1 Chr 11:10
    69%

    10 Now these are the chief of David's men of war who were his strong supporters in the kingdom, and, with all Israel, made him king, as the Lord had said about Israel.

  • 1 Sam 30:23
    69%

    23 Then David said, You are not to do this, my brothers, after what the Lord has given us, who has kept us safe and given up the band which came against us into our hands.

  • 2 Sam 19:17
    69%

    17 And with him a thousand men of Benjamin, and Ziba, the servant of Saul, with his fifteen sons and twenty servants, came rushing to Jordan before the king,

  • 1 Sam 25:43
    69%

    43 And David had taken Ahinoam of Jezreel, to be his wife; these two were his wives.

  • 1 Sam 27:9
    69%

    9 And David again and again made attacks on the land till not a man or a woman was still living; and he took away the sheep and the oxen and the asses and the camels and the clothing; and he came back to Achish.