2 Samuel 2:9 - Forerunner Commentary

2 Samuel 2:9

7 Now therefore, let your hands be strengthened, and be valiant; for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah has anointed me king over them.”

Ishbosheth Made King of Israel

8 But ^aAbner the son of Ner, commander of Saul’s army, took¹ Ishbosheth the son of Saul and brought him over to ^bMahanaim;

9 and he made him king over ^aGilead, over the ^bAshurites, over ^cJezreel, over Ephraim, over Benjamin, and over all Israel.

10 Ishbosheth, Saul’s son, was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned two years. Only the house of Judah followed David.

11 And ^athe time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.

Israel and Judah at War

12 Now Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to ^aGibeon.

Verse Comparison: 2 Samuel 2:9

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American Standard Version
and he made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.

Amplified® Bible
And he made him king over Gilead, the Ashurites, Jezreel, Ephraim, Benjamin, and all Israel.

Contemporary English Version
and made him king of Israel, including the areas of Gilead, Asher, Jezreel, Ephraim, and Benjamin.

Darby English Version
and made him king over Gilead, and over the Asshurites, and over Jizreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.

Good News Bible
There Abner made Ishbosheth king of the territories of Gilead, Asher, Jezreel, Ephraim, and Benjamin, and indeed over all Israel.

King James Version
And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.

New American Standard Bible
He made him king over Gilead, over the Ashurites, over Jezreel, over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, even over all Israel.

New International Version
He made him king over Gilead, Ashuri and Jezreel, and also over Ephraim, Benjamin and all Israel.

New King James Version
and he made him king over Gilead, over the Ashurites, over Jezreel, over Ephraim, over Benjamin, and over all Israel.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
He made him king over Gilead, over the Ashurites, over Jezreel, over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, even over all Israel.

Revised Standard Version
and he made him king over Gilead and the Ash'urites and Jezreel and E'phraim and Benjamin and all Israel.

Young's Literal Translation
and causeth him to reign over Gilead, and over the Ashurite, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over Israel -- all of it.

New English Translation
He appointed him king over Gilead, the Geshurites,¹ Jezreel, Ephraim, Benjamin, and all Israel.

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