2 Samuel 2:5-7 ▼

5 Therefore, David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh Gilead, and he said to them: “Blessed are you to the Lord, who has accomplished this mercy with your lord Saul, so that you would bury him.

6 And now, certainly, the Lord will repay to you mercy and truth. But I also will act with favor, because you have accomplished this word.

7 Let your hands be strengthened, and be sons of fortitude. For even though your lord Saul has died, still the house of Judah has anointed me as king over them.”