1. After this, David inquired of the Lord, saying, “Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah?”The Lord said to him, “Go up.”David said, “Where shall I go up?”He said, “To Hebron.”
2. So David went up there with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
3. David brought up his men who were with him, every man with his household. They lived in the cities of Hebron.
4. The men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. They told David, “The men of Jabesh Gilead were those who buried Saul.”