²⁹ All that night Abner and his men retreated through the Jordan Valley.^[a] They crossed the Jordan River, traveling all through the morning,^[b] and didn’t stop until they arrived at Mahanaim.

Ishbosheth Proclaimed King of Israel

⁸ But Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, had already gone to Mahanaim with Saul’s son Ishbosheth.^[a]