2 Samuel 2:1

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After this, David asked the Lord, “Should I go to one of the cities of Judah?” “Go,” the Lord answered him. “Where should I go?” David asked. “To Hebron,” the Lord replied.

Cross References

Genesis 13:18

So Abram moved his tents and went to live by the oak trees belonging to Mamre at Hebron. There he built an altar for the Lord.

Genesis 32:2

When he saw them, Jacob said, “This is God’s camp!” He named that place Mahanaim [Two Camps].

2 Samuel 15:7

Four years later Absalom said to the king, “Let me go to Hebron and keep the vow I made to the Lord.

2 Samuel 2:11

In Hebron David was king over the tribe of Judah for seven years and six months.

2 Samuel 5:19

David asked the Lord, “Should I attack the Philistines? Will you hand them over to me?” The Lord answered David, “Attack! I will certainly hand the Philistines over to you.”

2 Samuel 5:23

David asked the Lord, and he answered, “Don’t attack now, but circle around behind them, and come at them in front of the balsam trees.

1 Kings 2:11

He ruled as king of Israel for 40 years. He ruled for 7 years in Hebron and for 33 years in Jerusalem.

1 Chronicles 29:7

They gave 375,186 pounds of gold, 750,000 pounds of silver, 135,000 pounds of bronze, and 7,500,000 pounds of iron for the work on God’s temple.

2 Chronicles 11:10

Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron. These were fortified cities in Judah and Benjamin.

Psalm 143:8

Let me hear about your mercy in the morning, because I trust you. Let me know the way that I should go, because I long for you.

Psalm 27:4

I have asked one thing from the Lord. This I will seek: to remain in the Lord’s house all the days of my life in order to gaze at the Lord’s beauty and to search for an answer in his temple.

Ezekiel 36:37

“This is what the Almighty Lord says: I will also let the people of Israel ask me to make them as numerous as sheep.

Numbers 13:22

They went through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai lived. They are descendants of Anak. (Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)

Numbers 27:21

He will stand in front of the priest Eleazar, who will use the Urim  to make decisions in the Lord’s presence. At his command Joshua and the whole community of Israel will go into battle. And at his command they will return.”

Joshua 15:13

Joshua gave Caleb, son of Jephunneh, a share of land among the people of Judah as the Lord had told them. It was Kiriath Arba (now called Hebron). Arba was the father of Anak.

Judges 1:1

After Joshua’s death the Israelites asked the Lord, “Who will go first to fight the Canaanites for us?”

1 Samuel 10:22

They asked the Lord again, “Has he arrived here yet?” The Lord answered, “He’s hiding among the baggage.”

1 Samuel 23:2

David asked the Lord, “Should I go and attack these Philistines?” “Go,” the Lord told David, “attack the Philistines, and save Keilah.”

1 Samuel 23:4

David asked the Lord again, and the Lord answered him. He said, “Go to Keilah. I’m giving you the power to defeat the Philistines.”

1 Samuel 30:31

Hebron, and to all the places David and his men visited from time to time.