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2 Samuel 2:7-9
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
2 Samuel 2:7-9
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
7 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
8 But Abner son of Ner, commander of Saul’s army, had taken Ishbaal[a] son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim. 9 He made him king over Gilead, the Ashurites, Jezreel, Ephraim, Benjamin, and over all Israel.
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- 2 Samuel 2:8 Gk Compare 1 Chr 8.33; 9.39: Heb Ish-bosheth, ‘man of shame’
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