2 Samuel 2:8-10

Good News Translation

Ishbosheth Is Made King of Israel

⁸ The commander of Saul's army, Abner son of Ner, had fled with Saul's son Ishbosheth across the Jordan to Mahanaim. ⁹ There Abner made Ishbosheth king of the territories of Gilead, Asher,^[a] Jezreel, Ephraim, and Benjamin, and indeed over all Israel. ¹⁰ He was forty years old when he was made king of Israel, and he ruled for two years.

But the tribe of Judah was loyal to David,