2 Samuel 2:4

4 And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David iking over the house of Judah.

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

2 Samuel 2:4 — The New International Version (NIV)

4 Then the men of Judah came to Hebron, and there they anointed David king over the tribe of Judah.

When David was told that it was the men from Jabesh Gilead who had buried Saul,

2 Samuel 2:4 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

4 And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, That the men of Jabesh-gilead were they that buried Saul.

2 Samuel 2:4 — New Living Translation (NLT)

4 Then the men of Judah came to David and anointed him king over the people of Judah.

When David heard that the men of Jabesh-gilead had buried Saul,

2 Samuel 2:4 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

4 Then the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, “The men of Jabesh Gilead were the ones who buried Saul.”

2 Samuel 2:4 — New Century Version (NCV)

4 Then the men of Judah came to Hebron and appointed David king over Judah.

They told David that the men of Jabesh Gilead had buried Saul.

2 Samuel 2:4 — American Standard Version (ASV)

4 And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah.

And they told David, saying, The men of Jabesh-gilead were they that buried Saul.

2 Samuel 2:4 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

4 And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, It is the men of Jabesh-Gilead that have buried Saul.

2 Samuel 2:4 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

4 Then the people of Judah came to Hebron and anointed David to be king over the tribe of Judah.

They told David, “The people of Jabesh Gilead were the ones who buried Saul.”

2 Samuel 2:4 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

4 Then the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. They told David: “It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul.”

2 Samuel 2:4 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

4 Then the people of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah.

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

2 Samuel 2:4 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

4 Then the men of Judah came, and they anointed David there as king over the house of Judah, and they told David, “The men of Jabesh-Gilead buried Saul.”

2 Samuel 2:4 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

4 Then the men of Judah came to Hebron. There they anointed David to be king over the people of Judah.

David was told that the men of Jabesh Gilead had buried Saul’s body.

2 Samuel 2:4 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

4 Then the men of Judah came and there anointed David king over the house of Judah.

And they told David, saying, “It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul.”

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