2 Samuel 2:4-6

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⁴ Then the people of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah.

When they told David, “It was the people of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul,”^{(A) 5} David sent messengers to the people of Jabesh-gilead and said to them, “May you be blessed by the Lord, because you showed this loyalty to Saul your lord and buried him!^{(B) 6} Now may the Lord show steadfast love and faithfulness to you! And I, too, will reward you because you have done this thing.