2 Samuel 2:3 “David also took the men who were with him, each with his household, an…”

2 Samuel 2:3

David also took the men who were with him, each with his household, and they settled in the towns near Hebron.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And his men that were with him did David bring up, every man with his household: and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron.

World English Bible

David brought up his men who were with him, every man with his household. They lived in the cities of Hebron.

American Standard Version

And his men that were with him did David bring up, every man with his household: and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron.

Geneva Bible 1599

And Dauid brought vp the men that were with him, euery man with his houshold, and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron.

Darby Translation

And his men that were with him did David bring up, every man with his household; and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron.

Young's Literal Translation

and his men who [are] with him hath David brought up — a man and his household — and they dwell in the cities of Hebron.

Bible in Basic English

And David took all his men with him, every man with his family: and they were living in the towns round Hebron.

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Cross references

“his men”

1 Samuel 30:1 1 Chronicles 12:1–7 1 Samuel 22:2 1 Samuel 27:2 1 Samuel 27:3 1 Samuel 30:9

1 Samuel 30:1 · BSB

On the third day David and his men arrived in Ziklag, and the Amalekites had raided the Negev, attacked Ziklag, and burned it down.

1 Chronicles 12:1–7 · BSB

Now these were the men who came to David at Ziklag, while he was still banished from the presence of Saul son of Kish (they were among the mighty men who helped him in battle;

1 Samuel 22:2 · BSB

And all who were distressed or indebted or discontented rallied around him, and he became their leader. About four hundred men were with him.

1 Samuel 27:2 · BSB

So David set out with his six hundred men and went to Achish son of Maoch, the king of Gath.

1 Samuel 27:3 · BSB

David and his men settled in Gath with Achish. Each man had his family with him, and David had his two wives: Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail of Carmel, the widow of Nabal.

1 Samuel 30:9 · BSB

So David and his six hundred men went to the Brook of Besor, where some stayed behind

“the cities”

Joshua 21:11 Joshua 21:12

Joshua 21:11 · BSB

They gave them Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), with its surrounding pasturelands, in the hill country of Judah. (Arba was the father of Anak.)

Joshua 21:12 · BSB

But they had given the fields and villages around the city to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2So David went there with his two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel.

4Then 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.”

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