2 Samuel 2:5

The English Standar Version

David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh-gilead and said to them, "May you be blessed by the LORD, because you showed this loyalty to Saul your lord and buried him.

Cross References

1 Samuel 23:21

And Saul said, "May you be blessed by the LORD, for you have had compassion on me.

Psalm 115:15

May you be blessed by the LORD, who made heaven and earth!

1 Samuel 24:19

For if a man finds his enemy, will he let him go away safe? So may the LORD reward you with good for what you have done to me this day.

Ruth 2:20

And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, "May he be blessed by the LORD, whose kindness has not forsaken the living or the dead!" Naomi also said to her, "The man is a close relative of ours, one of our redeemers."

Ruth 3:10

And he said, "May you be blessed by the LORD, my daughter. You have made this last kindness greater than the first in that you have not gone after young men, whether poor or rich.

Ruth 1:8

But Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, "Go, return each of you to her mother's house. May the LORD deal kindly with you, as you have dealt with the dead and with me.

Judges 21:8

And they said, "What one is there of the tribes of Israel that did not come up to the LORD to Mizpah?" And behold, no one had come to the camp from Jabesh-gilead, to the assembly.

1 Samuel 15:13

And Samuel came to Saul, and Saul said to him, "Blessed be you to the LORD. I have performed the commandment of the LORD."

Genesis 14:19

And he blessed him and said, "Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Possessor[2] of heaven and earth;

Genesis 14:22

But Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I have lifted my hand[3] to the LORD, God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth,

Joshua 2:14

And the men said to her, "Our life for yours even to death! If you do not tell this business of ours, then when the LORD gives us the land we will deal kindly and faithfully with you."

1 Samuel 11:1

Then Nahash the Ammonite went up and besieged Jabesh-gilead, and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, "Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you."

1 Samuel 11:9

And they said to the messengers who had come, "Thus shall you say to the men of Jabesh-gilead: 'Tomorrow, by the time the sun is hot, you shall have deliverance.' " When the messengers came and told the men of Jabesh, they were glad.

2 Samuel 15:20

You came only yesterday, and shall I today make you wander about with us, since I go I know not where? Go back and take your brothers with you, and may the LORD show[4] steadfast love and faithfulness to you."

2 Samuel 21:12

David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of his son Jonathan from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the public square of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, on the day the Philistines killed Saul on Gilboa.