2 Samuel 2:7

7 Ahora que Saúl ha muerto, les pido que sean mis súbditos valientes y leales, igual que el pueblo de Judá, que me ha ungido como su nuevo rey».

2 Samuel 2:7 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 2:7

Now therefore let your hands be strengthened, and be ye
valiant
And not be afraid of the Philistines, who might resent their conduct in taking away from them the bodies of Saul and his sons, whom they had hung up in triumph; and these men might fear they would bring their armies against them, and destroy them; but David bids them be of good heart and courage, and not be afraid of them:

for your master Saul is dead;
or rather "though" ^F1 he is dead; for that he was dead they knew full well, having buried him, and needed no information of it; but being dead, they might be discouraged, as having none to protect and defend them, or come to their relief as he did, should they be attacked:

and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them;
or "for even", or "notwithstanding" ^F2; and this therefore being the case, he would take their parts, and help and assist them; and which he suggests to them, to invite them to own him as their king also, and put themselves under his protection.

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FOOTNOTES:

F1 (yk) "licet enim", V. L. "quamvis", Piscator. So Pool and Patrick.
F2 (Mgw) "tamen", V. L. "nam similiter", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.

2 Samuel 2:7 In-Context

5 les envió el siguiente mensaje: «Que el Señor
los bendiga por haber sido tan leales a su señor Saúl y por haberle dado un entierro digno.

6 ¡Que el Señor
, a cambio, sea leal a ustedes y los recompense con su amor inagotable! Yo también los recompensaré por lo que han hecho.

7 Ahora que Saúl ha muerto, les pido que sean mis súbditos valientes y leales, igual que el pueblo de Judá, que me ha ungido como su nuevo rey».

8 Is-boset es proclamado rey de Israel
Sin embargo, Abner, hijo de Ner, comandante del ejército de Saúl, ya había ido a Mahanaim con Is-boset,
hijo de Saúl.

9 Allí proclamó a Is-boset rey de Galaad, de Jezreel, de Efraín, de Benjamín, de la tierra de los gesuritas y del resto de Israel.