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2 Samuel 2:7 KJV
2 Samuel · chapter 2 · verse 7
Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and be ye valiant: for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them.2 Samuel 2:7 · King James Version
2 Samuel 2:7 in context
5And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabeshgilead, and said unto them, Blessed be ye of the LORD, that ye have shewed this kindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him.
6And now the LORD shew kindness and truth unto you: and I also will requite you this kindness, because ye have done this thing.
7Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and be ye valiant: for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them.
8But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul’s host, took Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;
9And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- strengthenedchâzaqto fasten uponH2388 →
- anointedmâshachto rub with oilH4886 →
- valiantbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- valiantchayilprobably a force, whether of men, means or other resourcesH2428 →
- masterʼâdôwnsovereignH113 →
- handsyâda handH3027 →
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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;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-7