2 Samuel 2:1

David es ungido rey de Judá

1 Pasado algún tiempo, David consultó al SEÑOR:—¿Debo ir a alguna de las ciudades de Judá?—Sí, debes ir —le respondió el SEÑOR.—¿Y a qué ciudad quieres que vaya?—A Hebrón.

2 Samuel 2:1 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 2:1

And it came to pass after this
After David had heard of the death of Saul and Jonathan, and made a lamentation over them, perhaps the next day; since David and his men are only said to mourn, and weep, and fast till even, ( 2 Samuel 1:10 ) ;

that David inquired of the Lord;
of the Word of the Lord, as the Targum, by Abiathar the priest, and through the Urim and Thummim, in the ephod he had put on on this occasion:

saying, shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah?
though the Lord had promised him the kingdom, and he had been anointed by Samuel by his appointment, yet he was not hasty to take it into his hands, but was desirous of acting according to the will of God, and by his direction, and wait his time when and where he should go and take possession of it; he mentions Judah because it was his own tribe, and where he had the most friends:

and the Lord said unto him, go up;
from Ziklag into the tribe of Judah, but did not mention any particular place whither he should go; hence another question was put:

and David said, whither shall I go up?
To what town or city in the tribe of Judah? whether Jerusalem or any other?

And he said, unto Hebron;
a city of the priests, a city of refuge, ( Joshua 21:13 ) ( 1 Chronicles 6:57 ) , twenty miles from Jerusalem, or more, which is not directed to, because it was then chiefly in the hands of the Jebusites, and because, as Procopius Gazaeus says, Hebron was now the metropolis of Judah.

2 Samuel 2:1 In-Context

1 Pasado algún tiempo, David consultó al SEÑOR:—¿Debo ir a alguna de las ciudades de Judá?—Sí, debes ir —le respondió el SEÑOR.—¿Y a qué ciudad quieres que vaya?—A Hebrón.

2 Así que David fue allá con sus dos esposas, Ajinoán la jezrelita y Abigaíl, la viuda de Nabal de Carmel.

3 Se llevó además a sus hombres, cada cual acompañado de su familia, y todos se establecieron en Hebrón y sus aldeas.

4 Entonces los habitantes de Judá fueron a Hebrón, y allí ungieron a David como rey de su tribu. Además, le comunicaron que los habitantes de Jabés de Galaad habían sepultado a Saúl.

5 Entonces David envió a los de Jabés el siguiente mensaje: «Que el SEÑOR los bendiga por haberle sido fieles a su señor Saúl, y por darle sepultura.