2 Samuel 2:3

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David also brought up the men who were with him, each man with his household, and they settled in the towns of Hebron.

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  • 1 Sam 27:2-3 : 2 So David arose and went over with his six hundred men to Achish son of Maoch, king of Gath. 3 David lived with Achish at Gath, he and his men, each with their households, and David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelite and Abigail, the widow of Nabal from Carmel.
  • 1 Sam 30:1 : 1 On the third day, when David and his men arrived at Ziklag, they found that the Amalekites had invaded the Negev and Ziklag. They had attacked Ziklag and burned it to the ground.
  • 1 Chr 12:1-7 : 1 These are the men who came to David at Ziklag while he was still banished because of Saul, son of Kish. They were among the warriors who helped in battle. 2 They were armed with bows and could shoot arrows or sling stones with their right or left hand; they were from Saul’s tribe, the Benjaminites. 3 The leaders were Ahiezer and Joash, sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite, Jeziel and Pelet, sons of Azmaveth, Beracah, and Jehu the Anathothite. 4 Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty warrior among the thirty and a leader over the thirty. 5 Jeremiah, Jahaziel, Johanan, and Jozabad the Gederathite. 6 Eluzai, Jerimoth, Bealiah, Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite. 7 Elkanah, Jeshiah, Azarel, Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korahites.
  • 1 Sam 30:9-9 : 9 David and the six hundred men with him set out, and they came to the Besor Valley, where some stayed behind. 10 David continued the pursuit with four hundred men, while two hundred stayed behind because they were too exhausted to cross the Besor Valley.
  • Josh 21:11-12 : 11 They gave them Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, along with its surrounding pasture lands. Arba was the ancestor of the Anakites. 12 However, the fields and villages around the city were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.
  • 1 Sam 22:2 : 2 All those who were in distress, in debt, or bitter in spirit gathered to him, and he became their leader. About four hundred men were with him.

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  • 2 Sam 2:1-2
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    1 After this, David inquired of the LORD, saying, 'Should I go up to one of the cities of Judah?' The LORD answered him, 'Go up.' David then asked, 'Where should I go?' And He said, 'To Hebron.'

    2 So David went up there, along with his two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail, the widow of Nabal of Carmel.

  • 31 and to those in Hebron and in all the other places where David and his men had roamed.

  • 1 Sam 27:2-3
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    2 So David arose and went over with his six hundred men to Achish son of Maoch, king of Gath.

    3 David lived with Achish at Gath, he and his men, each with their households, and David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelite and Abigail, the widow of Nabal from Carmel.

  • 4 Then the men of Judah came and anointed David there as king over the house of Judah. They also informed David, 'It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul.'

  • 3 David took more wives in Jerusalem, and he had more sons and daughters.

  • 1 Sam 30:3-5
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    3 When David and his men came to the city, they saw that it had been burned, and their wives, sons, and daughters had been taken captive.

    4 Then David and the people who were with him lifted their voices and wept until they could weep no more because they had no strength left.

    5 Both of David’s wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelite and Abigail, the widow of Nabal of Carmel, had been taken captive.

  • 13 After coming from Hebron, David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him.

  • 7 David then took up residence in the stronghold, and it was called the city of David.

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    12 David’s men turned and went back. When they arrived, they reported every word.

    13 David said to his men, "Each of you, strap on your sword!" So they did, and David also strapped on his sword. About four hundred men went with David, while two hundred stayed with the supplies.

  • 3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the LORD. Then they anointed David king over Israel.

  • 1 Then all Israel gathered to David at Hebron and said, "We are your own flesh and blood.

  • 10 Then David rested with his ancestors and was buried in the city of David.

  • 2 Sam 20:2-3
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    2 So all the men of Israel deserted David to follow Sheba, son of Bichri. But the men of Judah stayed loyal to their king, from the Jordan all the way to Jerusalem.

    3 When David returned to his palace in Jerusalem, he took the ten concubines he had left to take care of the house and placed them in confinement, providing for them but no longer going to them. They remained confined like widows until the day of their death.

  • 1 Chr 11:3-4
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    3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the LORD. They anointed David king over Israel, as the LORD had said through Samuel.

    4 David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus, where the Jebusites were the inhabitants of the land.

  • 21 Then David returned to the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to follow him and had stayed behind at the Besor Valley. They came out to meet David and the troops with him, and David greeted them warmly.

  • 1 Chr 15:3-4
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    3 David gathered all Israel in Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the LORD to the place he had prepared for it.

    4 He also assembled the descendants of Aaron and the Levites.

  • 1 Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, "Here we are, your own flesh and blood."

  • 1 David left from there and escaped to the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and all his father's household heard about it, they went down to him there.

  • 20 When Abner came to David at Hebron with twenty men, David prepared a feast for Abner and the men who were with him.

  • 1 David built houses for himself in the City of David, prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched a tent for it.

  • 24 David went to Mahanaim, and Absalom crossed the Jordan with all the men of Israel.

  • 22 Now swear to me by the LORD that you will not cut off my descendants or destroy my name from my father's family.

  • 23 These are the numbers of men equipped for war who came to David at Hebron to turn Saul’s kingdom over to him, as the LORD had spoken.

  • 1 These are the men who came to David at Ziklag while he was still banished because of Saul, son of Kish. They were among the warriors who helped in battle.

  • 4 So he brought them before the king of Moab, and they stayed with him as long as David was in the stronghold.

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

  • 2 David set out with all the people who were with him from Baale of Judah to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the name, the name of the LORD of Hosts, who is enthroned above the cherubim.

  • 16 These are the ones who crossed the Jordan in the first month when it was overflowing its banks. They drove out all the people living in the valleys, both to the east and to the west.

  • 32 They took Asahel and buried him in his father’s tomb at Bethlehem. Joab and his men traveled all night and reached Hebron at daybreak.

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    38 From across the Jordan, from the Reubenites, the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, there were 120,000 men armed with every kind of weapon for war.

    39 All these were skilled warriors who came to Hebron fully determined, with unified hearts, to make David king over all Israel. All the other Israelites were also of one heart to make David king.

  • 18 David recovered everything the Amalekites had taken, including his two wives.

  • 10 David continued to grow in power, and the LORD God of hosts was with him.

  • 1 David assembled all the leaders of Israel—the tribal leaders, the commanders of the divisions that served the king, the leaders of thousands and of hundreds, the officials in charge of the king's property and livestock, and all the soldiers and mighty warriors—at Jerusalem.

  • 1 After the death of Saul, David returned from defeating the Amalekites and stayed in Ziklag for two days.

  • 30 David continued up the ascent of the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went. His head was covered, and he was walking barefoot. All the people with him also covered their heads and were weeping as they went up.

  • 2 David said to all the assembly of Israel, "If it seems good to you and is from the LORD our God, let us spread the message and send word to our brothers who remain in all the regions of Israel, and with them the priests and Levites in their cities with pastures, so they may gather to us.

  • 10 These were the chiefs of David's mighty warriors, who gave him strong support in his kingdom, together with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel.

  • 23 But David said, "You must not act this way, my brothers, with what the Lord has given us. He has protected us and delivered the raiding party that came against us into our hands.

  • 17 Shimei son of Gera, the Benjaminite from Bahurim, hurried down with the men of Judah to meet King David.

  • 43 David had also married Ahinoam of Jezreel, and both women became his wives.

  • 9 David attacked the land and did not leave alive a man or woman. He took sheep, cattle, donkeys, camels, and clothing, and then he returned and went to Achish.