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2 Samuel 5:2 KJV
2 Samuel · chapter 5 · verse 2 · King James Version
Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel.2 Samuel 5:2 · King James Version
2 Samuel 5:2 in context
1Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
2Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel.
3So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the LORD: and they anointed David king over Israel.
4David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.
Cross references
Key words (Strong's)
- captainnâgîyda commander , civil, military or religiousH5057 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- pastʼethmôwlheretoforeH865 →
- pastshilshôwmtreblyH8032 →
- SaulShâʼûwlShaul, the name of an Edomite and two IsraelitesH7586 →
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