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So now, (A)may Yahweh [a]show lovingkindness and truth to you; and I also will [b]show this goodness to you, because you have done this thing. So now, let your hands be strong and be [c]valiant; for Saul your lord is dead, and also the house of Judah has anointed me king over them.”

Ish-bosheth Made King over Israel

Now (B)Abner the son of Ner, commander of Saul’s army, had taken [d]Ish-bosheth the son of Saul and brought him over to (C)Mahanaim.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 2:6 Lit do
  2. 2 Samuel 2:6 Lit do
  3. 2 Samuel 2:7 Lit sons of valor
  4. 2 Samuel 2:8 Lit man of shame, also known as Eshbaal, cf. 1 Chr 8:33