2 Samuel 2:6

6 May the LORD now show you loyal love and faithfulness. I myself will also reward you because you did this.

2 Samuel 2:6 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 2:6

And now the Lord show kindness and truth unto you
Or true kindness; confer real favours, bestow upon you good and substantial blessings, blessings indeed!

and I also will requite you this kindness, because ye have done this
thing.
He not only prayed to God to bless them and reward them for it, but would remember them himself, and at a proper opportunity would show favour to them for this act of kindness to Saul. De Dieu proposes to consideration whether it may not be as well interpreted to this sense, "and I also do you this kindness" because of it; that is, have done you this honour by sending messengers to you, to thank you for it, and by wishing a blessing upon you on account of it, and by praising and commending you for it; but the former sense seems best.

2 Samuel 2:6 In-Context

4 Then the people of Judah came to Hebron and anointed David king over the house of Judah. When David was informed that it was the people of Jabesh-gilead who had buried Saul,
5 he sent messengers to the people of Jabesh-gilead. "The LORD bless you," he said to them, "for doing this loyal deed for your master Saul by burying him.
6 May the LORD now show you loyal love and faithfulness. I myself will also reward you because you did this.
7 So now take courage and be brave—yes, your master Saul is dead, but the house of Judah has anointed me king over them."
8 Meanwhile, Abner, Ner's son, the commander of Saul's army, had taken Ishbosheth, Saul's son, and brought him over to Mahanaim.
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