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2 Samuel 2:8-10
GOD’S WORD Translation
2 Samuel 2:8-10
GOD’S WORD Translation
Abner Makes Ishbosheth King of Israel
8 Ner’s son Abner, commander of Saul’s army, took Saul’s son Ishbosheth [a] and brought him to Mahanaim. 9 Abner made him king of Gilead, Asher,[b] Jezreel, Ephraim, and Benjamin, that is, all Israel. 10 Saul’s son Ishbosheth was 40 years old when he became king of Israel. He ruled for two years, but the tribe of Judah followed David.
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- 2:8 Masoretic Text; 1 Chronicles 8:33; 9:39, Greek “Ishbaal.”
- 2:9 Or “the Ashurites.”
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