2Sa 2:2-4, 3:1, Job 17:9 | ESV | STEP | So David went up there , and his two wives also, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel .

2 Samuel 2:2-4

2 So David went up there, and ^ahis two wives also, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel. 3 And David brought up ^bhis men who were with him, everyone with his household, and they lived in the towns of Hebron. 4 And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David ^cking over the house of Judah.

When they told David, ^d“It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul,”

2 Samuel 3:1

Abner Joins David

1 There was a long war between the house of Saul and the house of David. And David grew stronger and stronger, while the house of Saul became weaker and weaker.

Job 17:9

9 Yet the righteous holds to his way,
and he who has ^eclean hands grows stronger and stronger.