“Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and be ye valiant: for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them.”
Now therefore let your hands be strong — David's exhortation echoes Joshua's commission, positioning himself as successor to Joshua's covenantal leadership. While Saul is dead, David has been anointed king over Judah. This honesty—claiming what is legitimately his, acknowledging what remains contested—marks David's political maturity.
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