2 Samuel 2:6-8

GOD’S WORD Translation

⁶ May the Lord always show you kindness. I, too, will be good to you because you did this. ⁷ Now, be strong and courageous. Because your master Saul is dead, the tribe of Judah has anointed me to be their king.”

Abner Makes Ishbosheth King of Israel

⁸ Ner’s son Abner, commander of Saul’s army, took Saul’s son Ishbosheth ^[a] and brought him to Mahanaim.