Therefore, be strong and courageous, for though Saul your lord is dead, the house of Judah has anointed me king over them.”

Abner son of Ner, commander of Saul’s army,(A) took Saul’s son Ish-bosheth[a][b] and moved him to Mahanaim. He made him king over Gilead, Asher, Jezreel, Ephraim, Benjamin—over all Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 2:8 Some LXX mss read Ishbaal; 1Ch 8:33; 9:39
  2. 2 Samuel 2:8 = Man of Shame

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