2 Samuel 2:6 BBE

⁴  And the men of Judah came there, and with the holy oil made David king over the people of Judah. And word came to David that it was the men of Jabesh-gilead who put Saul's body in its last resting-place.

⁵  And David sent to the men of Jabesh-gilead and said to them, May the Lord give you his blessing, because you have done this kind act to Saul your lord, and have put his body to rest!

⁶  May the Lord be good and true to you: and I myself will see that your kind act is rewarded, because you have done this thing.

⁷  Then let your hands be strong, and have no fear: though Saul your lord is dead, the people of Judah have made me their king.

⁸  Now Abner, the son of Ner, captain of Saul's army, had taken Saul's son Ish-bosheth over to Mahanaim,