Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageAnd to those in Hebron—and to every place where David and his men had wandered.
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GAnd to those in Hevron—and to all the places where David and his men had roamed.
KJV
King James VersionAnd to them which were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were wont to haunt.
BSB
Berean Standard Bibleand to those in Hebron and in all the places where David and his men had roamed.
Footnotes
Hevron (Hebron) is saved for last and given singular prominence—it is the city of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and will shortly become David's first royal capital when Judah anoints him king (2 Sam. 2:1–4). The verb הִתְהַלֶּךְ (*hit-halekh*, 'roamed/walked about') echoes the patriarchal language of Abraham 'walking through the land' (Gen. 13:17), subtly casting David's fugitive years as a covenantal sojourn. By chapter's end, David has been transformed: from a grief-stricken, nearly-stoned fugitive into a generous, law-giving, battle-winning benefactor—king in all but name, and all of it by the hand of YHWH.