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So take courage and prove yourselves valiant, for though your lord Saul is dead, the house of Judah has anointed me king over them.”

IV. The Reign of David

Ishbaal King of Israel. Abner, son of Ner, captain of Saul’s army, took Ishbaal,[a] son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim,(A) where he made him king over Gilead, the Asherites, Jezreel, Ephraim, Benjamin, and the rest of Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:8 Ishbaal: here and elsewhere in the Hebrew text, his name appears as “Ishbosheth”; the second part of Ishbaal, -baal, refers to the Canaanite god Baal, and is therefore suppressed, replaced by bosheth, “shame.”

Now then, be strong(A) and brave, for Saul your master is dead, and the people of Judah have anointed me king over them.”

War Between the Houses of David and Saul(B)

Meanwhile, Abner(C) son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, had taken Ish-Bosheth(D) son of Saul and brought him over to Mahanaim.(E) He made him king over Gilead,(F) Ashuri(G) and Jezreel, and also over Ephraim, Benjamin and all Israel.(H)

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