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2 Samuel 2:11 KJV
2 Samuel · chapter 2 · verse 11
And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.2 Samuel 2:11 · King James Version
2 Samuel 2:11 in context
9And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.
10Ishbosheth Saul’s son was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David.
11And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
12And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
13And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out, and met together by the pool of Gibeon: and they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- HebronChebrôwnChebron, a place in Palestine, also the name of two IsraelitesH2275 →
- DavidDâvidDavid, the youngest son of JesseH1732 →
- housebayitha houseH1004 →
- JudahYᵉhûwdâhJehudah , the name of five IsraelitesH3063 →
- sevenshebaʻsevenH7651 →
- yearsshâneha yearH8141 →
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Here is, I. A rivalship between two kings - David, whom God made king, and Ishbosheth, whom Abner made king. One would have thought, when Saul was slain, and all his sons that had sense and spirit enough to take the field with him, David would come to the throne without any opposition, since all Israel knew, not only…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 8-17