2 Samuel 2:7 BBE

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,

⁹  And made him king over Gilead and the Asherites and over Jezreel and Ephraim and Benjamin, that is, over all Israel.