2 Samuel 2:6-8

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

⁶ And now may the Lord show loving-kindness and faithfulness to you. I also will do well by you because you have done this.

⁷ So now, let your hands be strengthened and be valiant, for your master Saul is dead, and the house of Judah has anointed me king over them.

⁸ Now Abner son of Ner, commander of Saul’s army, took Ish-bosheth son of Saul and brought him over to Mahanaim.