2 Samuel 2:6-8

Revised Geneva Translation

⁶ “Therefore, now, may the LORD show mercy and truth to you. And I will repay you this benefit, because you have done this thing.

⁷ “Therefore, now, let your hands be strong, and be valiant! For your master Saul is dead, nevertheless the House of Judah has anointed me king over them.”

⁸ But Abner, the son of Ner, who was captain of Saul’s army, took Ishbosheth, the son of Saul, and brought him to Mahanaim,