4 Then the men of Judah came to Hebron, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, “It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul.”
2 Samuel 2:4
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2 Samuel 5:2–4
2 Even in times past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And to you the LORD said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.’” 3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron…
1 Chronicles 11:2–4
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2 Samuel 3:31–33
31 Then David ordered Joab and all the people with him, “Tear your clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourn before Abner.” And King David himself walked behind the funeral bier. 32 When they buried Abner in Hebron, the king wept aloud at Abner’s tomb, and all the people…
1 Chronicles 12:37–39
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1 Kings 2:9–11
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2 Samuel 5:11–13
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2 Samuel 21:11–13
11 When David was told what Saul’s concubine Rizpah, daughter of Aiah, had done, 12 he went and took the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the public square of Beth-shan where the Philistines had hung the bodi…
2 Kings 9:5–7
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