Ishbosheth Made King of Israel

But (A)Abner the son of Ner, commander of Saul’s army, took [a]Ishbosheth the son of Saul and brought him over to (B)Mahanaim; and he made him king over (C)Gilead, over the (D)Ashurites, over (E)Jezreel, over Ephraim, over Benjamin, and over all Israel. 10 Ishbosheth, Saul’s son, was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned two years. Only the house of Judah followed David.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 2:8 Esh-Baal, 1 Chr. 8:33; 9:39

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