³¹ those who were in ^(A)Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were accustomed to ^(B)rove.

David Anointed King of Judah

2 It happened after this that David ^(A)inquired of the Lord, saying, “Shall I go up to any of the cities of Judah?”

And the Lord said to him, “Go up.”

David said, “Where shall I go up?”

And He said, “To ^(B)Hebron.”

¹⁰ Then Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, “As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then you shall say, ‘Absalom ^(A)reigns in Hebron!’ ”

Ishbosheth Is Murdered

4 When Saul’s ^[a]son heard that Abner had died in Hebron, ^(A)he^[b] lost heart, and all Israel was ^(B)troubled.

^4 (A)Then the men of Judah came, and there they ^(B)anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, ^(C)“The men of Jabesh Gilead were the ones who buried Saul.”

¹³ And Joshua ^(A)blessed him, ^(B)and gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as an inheritance. ^14 (C)Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this day, because he ^(D)wholly followed the Lord God of Israel. ¹⁵ And ^(E)the name of Hebron formerly was Kirjath Arba (Arba was the greatest man among the Anakim).

^(F)Then the land had rest from war.