2 Afterward David inquired of Jehovah,+ saying: “Should I go up into one of the cities of Judah?” Jehovah said to him: “Go up.” David then asked: “Where should I go?” He replied: “To Hebʹron.”+

3 David also brought the men who were with him,+ each with his household, and they settled in the cities around Hebʹron.

11 In time all the Israelites gathered to David at Hebʹron+ and said: “Look! We are your own bone and flesh.*+