2 Samuel 2:1

New Living Translation

After this, David asked the Lord, “Should I move back to one of the towns of Judah?” “Yes,” the Lord replied. Then David asked, “Which town should I go to?” “To Hebron,” the Lord answered.

Cross References

Genesis 13:18

So Abram moved his camp to Hebron and settled near the oak grove belonging to Mamre. There he built another altar to the Lord.

Genesis 32:2

When Jacob saw them, he exclaimed, “This is God’s camp!” So he named the place Mahanaim.

2 Samuel 15:7

After four years, Absalom said to the king, “Let me go to Hebron to offer a sacrifice to the Lord and fulfill a vow I made to him.

2 Samuel 2:11

David made Hebron his capital, and he ruled as king of Judah for seven and a half years.

2 Samuel 5:19

So David asked the Lord, “Should I go out to fight the Philistines? Will you hand them over to me?” The Lord replied to David, “Yes, go ahead. I will certainly hand them over to you.”

2 Samuel 5:23

And again David asked the Lord what to do. “Do not attack them straight on,” the Lord replied. “Instead, circle around behind and attack them near the poplar trees.

1 Kings 2:11

David had reigned over Israel for forty years, seven of them in Hebron and thirty-three in Jerusalem.

1 Chronicles 29:7

For the construction of the Temple of God, they gave about 188 tons of gold, 10,000 gold coins, 375 tons of silver, 675 tons of bronze, and 3,750 tons of iron.

2 Chronicles 11:10

Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron. These became the fortified towns of Judah and Benjamin.

Psalm 143:8

Let me hear of your unfailing love each morning, for I am trusting you. Show me where to walk, for I give myself to you.

Psalm 27:4

The one thing I ask of the Lord— the thing I seek most— is to live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, delighting in the Lord’s perfections and meditating in his Temple.

Ezekiel 36:37

“This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am ready to hear Israel’s prayers and to increase their numbers like a flock.

Numbers 13:22

Going north, they passed through the Negev and arrived at Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai—all descendants of Anak—lived. (The ancient town of Hebron was founded seven years before the Egyptian city of Zoan.)

Numbers 27:21

When direction from the Lord is needed, Joshua will stand before Eleazar the priest, who will use the Urim—one of the sacred lots cast before the Lord—to determine his will. This is how Joshua and the rest of the community of Israel will determine everything they should do.”

Joshua 15:13

The Lord commanded Joshua to assign some of Judah’s territory to Caleb son of Jephunneh. So Caleb was given the town of Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), which had been named after Anak’s ancestor.

Judges 1:1

After the death of Joshua, the Israelites asked the Lord, “Which tribe should go first to attack the Canaanites?”

1 Samuel 10:22

So they asked the Lord, “Where is he?” And the Lord replied, “He is hiding among the baggage.”

1 Samuel 23:2

David asked the Lord, “Should I go and attack them?” “Yes, go and save Keilah,” the Lord told him.

1 Samuel 23:4

So David asked the Lord again, and again the Lord replied, “Go down to Keilah, for I will help you conquer the Philistines.”

1 Samuel 30:31

Hebron, and all the other places David and his men had visited.