While David lived in the Philistine town of Ziklag,
men from all the tribes of Israel kept coming to
join his forces. They came day after day until he
had a great army. After Saul’s death, David asked
the Lord if he should go back to a town in Judah.
The Lord said, “Go to Hebron.”
So David and his men took their families and
moved to all the towns around Hebron. The men
of Judah went to David and made him king of
their tribe.
All the other tribes followed the leadership of
Abner, the commander of Saul’s army. He took
Ish-bosheth, a son of King Saul, and made him
king over all of Israel except Judah.
This caused a war between these two...