Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Samuel 2:1

AND it came to pass after this, that David enquired of the LORD , saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah : And the LORD said unto him, Go up. And David said, Whither shall I go up? And he said, Unto Hebron .

By Urim, as 1 Sam. 23. 6, 9. and 30. 7, 8. Thus David begins at the right end, and lays his Foundation in Gods counsel and assistance, which now he seeks.

He asketh not whether he should take the Kingdom; for that was appointed and known before; and he would not offend God, nor dishonour his Ordinances with frivolous and unnecessary enquiries; but onely where he should enter upon it; whether in Iudab, as he supposed, because of his relation to that Tribe, and his interest in it; or whether in some other Tribe: for he doth not limit God, but resolves exactly to follow his Counsels.

Which was next to Ierusalem (part whereof the Iebusites now possessed) the chief City of that Tribe, and a City of the Priests: Iosh. 21. 10, &c. and in the very center or middle of that Tribe, to which the whole Tribe might speedily resort, when need required.