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2 Samuel 2:9-11
New English Translation
2 Samuel 2:9-11
New English Translation
9 He appointed him king over Gilead, the Geshurites,[a] Jezreel, Ephraim, Benjamin, and all Israel. 10 Ish Bosheth son of Saul was forty years old when he began to rule over Israel. He ruled two years. However, the people[b] of Judah followed David. 11 David was king in Hebron over the people of Judah for seven-and-a-half years.[c]
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- 2 Samuel 2:9 tc The MT here reads “the Ashurite,” but this is problematic if it is taken to mean “the Assyrian.” Ish Bosheth’s kingdom obviously was not of such proportions as to extend to Assyria. The Syriac Peshitta and the Vulgate render the word as “the Geshurite,” while the Targum has “of the house of Ashur.” We should probably emend the Hebrew text to read “the Geshurite.” The Geshurites lived in the northeastern part of the land of Palestine.
- 2 Samuel 2:10 tn Heb “house.”
- 2 Samuel 2:11 tn Heb “And the number of the days in which David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.”
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