2 Samuel 2:7

Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and be ye valiant: for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them.

Therefore now let your hands {H3027} be strengthened {H2388}, and be ye valiant {H1121}{H2428}: for your master {H113} Saul {H7586} is dead {H4191}, and also the house {H1004} of Judah {H3063} have anointed {H4886} me king {H4428} over them.

Be strong, and be brave. Sha'ul your lord is dead, but the house of Y'hudah have anointed me king over them."

Now then, be strong and courageous, for though Saul your lord is dead, the house of Judah has anointed me as their king.”

Now therefore let your hands be strong, and be ye valiant; for Saul your lord is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them.

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Cross-References

  • 1 Samuel 31:7 (2 votes)

    And when the men of Israel that [were] on the other side of the valley, and [they] that [were] on the other side Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

  • Genesis 15:1 (2 votes)

    ¶ After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I [am] thy shield, [and] thy exceeding great reward.

  • 2 Samuel 10:12 (2 votes)

    Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the LORD do that which seemeth him good.

  • 1 Samuel 31:12 (2 votes)

    All the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Bethshan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there.

  • 1 Samuel 4:9 (2 votes)

    Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight.

  • Ephesians 6:10 (2 votes)

    ¶ Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.

  • 1 Corinthians 16:13 (1 votes)

    ¶ Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.