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2 Samuel 2:3-5
English Standard Version
2 Samuel 2:3-5
English Standard Version
3 And David brought up (A)his men who were with him, everyone with his household, and they lived in the towns of Hebron. 4 And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David (B)king over the house of Judah.
When they told David, (C)“It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul,” 5 David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh-gilead and said to them, (D)“May you be blessed by the Lord, because you showed this loyalty to Saul your lord and buried him.
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The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
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