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Now may the Lord show steadfast love and faithfulness to you! And I too will reward you because you have done this thing. Therefore let your hands be strong, and be valiant; for Saul your lord is dead, and the house of Judah has anointed me king over them.’

Ishbaal King of Israel

But Abner son of Ner, commander of Saul’s army, had taken Ishbaal[a] son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 2:8 Gk Compare 1 Chr 8.33; 9.39: Heb Ish-bosheth, ‘man of shame’

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