2Sa 2:7, 5:2, 2Ki 10:3 | ESV | STEP | Now therefore let your hands be strong , and be valiant , for Saul your lord is dead , and the house of Judah has anointed me king over them.

a[See ver. 4 above]

c ch. 7:7; 1 Chr. 17:6; Ps. 78:71, 72; [Matt. 2:6]

2 Samuel 2:7

7 Now therefore let your hands be strong, and be valiant, for Saul your lord is dead, and ^athe house of Judah has anointed me king over them.”

2 Samuel 5:2

2 In times past, when Saul was king over us, ^bit was you who led out and brought in Israel. And the Lord said to you, ^c‘You shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and you shall be prince ^{▼▼Or leader} over Israel.’”

2 Kings 10:3

3 select the best and fittest of your master’s sons and set him on his father’s throne and fight for your master’s house.”