Cross references

2 Samuel 2:1

Some time later, David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go up to one of the towns of Judah?”

“Go up,” the LORD answered.

Then David asked, “Where should I go?”

“To Hebron,” replied the LORD.

2 Samuel 2:1 BSB

2 Samuel 2:1 has 22 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 6 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 1 Samuel 30:31 (5 votes) and Psalm 143:8 (5 votes). 10 other verses point back to it. It links with 11 other books, from Genesis 32 to Ezekiel 36.

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Which verses does 2 Samuel 2:1 point to?

The 20 strongest of 22, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. and to those in Hebron and in all the places where David and his men had roamed.

  2. Let me hear Your loving devotion in the morning, for I have put my trust in You. Teach me the way I should walk, for to You I lift up my soul.

  3. Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.

  4. When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God.” So he named that place Mahanaim.

  5. So David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go and attack these Philistines?” And the LORD said to David, “Go and attack the Philistines and save Keilah.”

  6. Once again, David inquired of the LORD, and the LORD answered him: “Go at once to Keilah, for I will deliver the Philistines into your hand.”

  7. When David learned that Saul was plotting evil against him, he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod.” And David said, “O LORD, God of Israel, Your servant has heard that Saul intends to come to Keilah and destroy the city on my account. …

  8. This is what the Lord GOD says: Once again I will hear the plea of the house of Israel and do for them this: I will multiply their people like a flock.

  9. They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, dwelled. It had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.

  10. He shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who will seek counsel for him before the LORD by the judgment of the Urim. At his command, he and all the Israelites with him—the entire congregation—will go out and come in.”

  11. Judges 1:12 votes
  12. And the length of time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.

  13. The length of David’s reign over Israel was forty years—seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.

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