² So David went up there with his two wives,^(A) Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail,^(B) the widow of Nabal of Carmel. ³ David also took the men who were with him,^(C) each with his family, and they settled in Hebron^(D) and its towns. ⁴ Then the men of Judah came to Hebron,^(E) and there they anointed^(F) David king over the tribe of Judah.

When David was told that it was the men from Jabesh Gilead^(G) who had buried Saul,