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data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isb%C3%B4seta" title="Isbôseta – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Isbôseta" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B4%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B4%D8%AB" title="ايشبوشث – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ايشبوشث" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isboset" title="Isboset – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Isboset" 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class="infobox-label">Successor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/David" title="David">David</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #e4dcf6;color:inherit;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><div style="height: 4px; width:100%;"></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Dynasty" title="Dynasty">House</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Saul" title="House of Saul">House of Saul</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Father</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Saul" title="Saul">Saul</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Ish-bosheth</b> (<a href="/wiki/Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a>: <span lang="he" dir="rtl"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1241449095">.mw-parser-output .script-hebrew,.mw-parser-output .script-Hebr{font-family:"Ezra SIL SR","Ezra SIL","SBL Hebrew","Taamey Frank CLM","SBL BibLit","Taamey Ashkenaz","Frank Ruehl 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After the death of his father, <a href="/wiki/Saul" title="Saul">Saul</a>, Ish-bosheth ascended to the throne and reigned for two years.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGarfinkelGanorHasel2018182_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGarfinkelGanorHasel2018182-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During his reign, Ish-bosheth engaged in a protracted conflict with <a href="/wiki/David" title="David">David</a>, who had been anointed as Saul's successor by the <a href="/wiki/Tribe_of_Judah" title="Tribe of Judah">Tribe of Judah</a>. This rivalry between the two leaders shaped the political landscape of the kingdom at the time. The Hebrew Bible recounts that Ish-bosheth's reign was marked by war with David's forces, as both factions vied for control and legitimacy. According to biblical accounts, he was killed by two of his own army captains, <a href="/wiki/Baanah" class="mw-redirect" title="Baanah">Baanah</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rechab" title="Rechab">Rechab</a>, who believed that assassinating Ish-bosheth would earn them favour with David. This act not only brought a premature conclusion to Ish-bosheth's rule but also played a significant role in the subsequent unification of the kingdom under David's leadership. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biblical_narrative">Biblical narrative</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ish-bosheth&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biblical narrative"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the biblical account, <a href="/wiki/Abner" title="Abner">Abner</a>, the captain of Saul's army, proclaimed Ish-bosheth king over Israel at <a href="/wiki/Mahanaim" title="Mahanaim">Mahanaim</a> in <a href="/wiki/Transjordan_in_the_Bible" title="Transjordan in the Bible"> Transjordan</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt08b02.htm#8">2 Samuel 2:8</a>), after the slaying of Ish-bosheth's father and brothers in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Gilboa" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Gilboa">battle of Gilboa</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt08a31.htm#1">1 Samuel 31:1</a>). Ish-bosheth was 40 years old at this time and reigned for two years (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt08b02.htm#10">2 Samuel 2:10</a>). </p><p>However, after the death of King Saul, the <a href="/wiki/Tribe_of_Judah" title="Tribe of Judah">tribe of Judah</a> seceded from the rule of the House of Saul by proclaiming <a href="/wiki/David" title="David">David</a> as its king (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt08b02.htm#4">2 Samuel 2:4</a>), and war ensued (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt08b02.htm#12">2 Samuel 2:12</a>). David's faction eventually prevailed against Ish-bosheth's (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt08b03.htm#1">2 Samuel 3:1</a>), but the war continued until Abner joined David (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt08b03.htm#6">2 Samuel 3:6</a>). </p><p>Before the death of Saul, David had been married to Saul's daughter <a href="/wiki/Michal" title="Michal">Michal</a>, Ish-bosheth's sister, until Saul and David had a falling-out and Saul gave her to another man (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt08a25.htm#44">1 Samuel 25:44</a>). Later, at the conclusion of the war with Ish-bosheth, David's terms for peace required returning Michal to him, and Ish-bosheth complied (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt08b03.htm#14">2 Samuel 3:14</a>). After Abner's death, Ish-bosheth seems to have given up hope of retaining power (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt08b04.htm#1">2 Samuel 4:1</a>). </p><p>Two of Ish-bosheth's own army-captains, <a href="/wiki/Rechab" title="Rechab">Rechab</a> and <a href="/wiki/Baanah" class="mw-redirect" title="Baanah">Baanah</a>, assassinated the deposed king, (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt08b04.htm#5">2 Samuel 4:5</a>) expecting a reward from David for this. David, however, refused to give any commendation for <a href="/wiki/High_treason" class="mw-redirect" title="High treason">high treason</a>; he had both killers executed and their hands and feet cut off. David's supporters buried the head of Ish-bosheth in Abner's grave at <a href="/wiki/Hebron" title="Hebron">Hebron</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt08b04.htm#12">2 Samuel 4:12</a>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Problem_of_naming">Problem of naming</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ish-bosheth&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Problem of naming"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Ish-bosheth" title="Special:EditPage/Ish-bosheth">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. 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In Hebrew, <i>Ish-bosheth</i> means "Man of shame".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBright2000195_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBright2000195-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is also called <i>Eshbaal</i>, in Hebrew meaning "Baal exists",<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBright2000195_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBright2000195-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or "fire of Baal". </p><p>Critical scholarship suggests that <i>Bosheth</i> was a substitute for <i>Baʿal</i>, beginning when Baʿal became an unspeakable word;<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMargalith199438_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMargalith199438-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as (in the opposite direction) <a href="/wiki/Adonai" class="mw-redirect" title="Adonai">Adonai</a> became substituted for the ineffable <a href="/wiki/Tetragrammaton" title="Tetragrammaton">Tetragrammaton</a> (see <a href="/wiki/Taboo_deformation" class="mw-redirect" title="Taboo deformation">taboo deformation</a>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="As_Ish-bosheth">As Ish-bosheth</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ish-bosheth&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: As Ish-bosheth"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He is exclusively called Ish-bosheth in the <a href="/wiki/Books_of_Samuel" title="Books of Samuel">Books of Samuel</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Hebrew_Bible" title="Hebrew Bible">Hebrew Bible</a>: </p> <dl><dd>Now Abner the son of <a href="/wiki/Ner_(biblical_figure)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ner (biblical figure)">Ner</a>, captain of Saul's host, had taken <b>Ish-bosheth</b> the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim; and he made him king over Gilead, and over the <a href="/wiki/Ashurite" class="mw-redirect" title="Ashurite">Ashurites</a>, and over <a href="/wiki/Jezreel_(city)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jezreel (city)">Jezreel</a>, and over <a href="/wiki/Tribe_of_Ephraim" title="Tribe of Ephraim">Ephraim</a>, and over <a href="/wiki/Tribe_of_Benjamin" title="Tribe of Benjamin">Benjamin</a>, and over all Israel. <b>Ish-bosheth</b> Saul's son was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned two years. (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt08b02.htm#8">2 Samuel 2:8–10</a>, Jewish Publication Society, 1917)</dd></dl> <p>When he was assassinated and King <a href="/wiki/David" title="David">David</a> punished the killers: </p> <dl><dd>... <a href="/wiki/Rechab" title="Rechab">Rechab</a> and <a href="/wiki/Baanah" class="mw-redirect" title="Baanah">Baanah</a>, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ish-bosheth, as he took his rest at noon, and they came into the house, as though they would have fetched wheat; and they struck him in the groin; and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped. ... And they brought the head of <b>Ish-bosheth</b> to David in Hebron, and said to the king: "Behold the head of <b>Ish-bosheth</b> the son of Saul your enemy, who sought your life; and the Lord has avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed." ... And David answered ... "shall I not now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?" ... But they took the head of <b>Ish-bosheth</b>, and buried it in the grave of Abner in Hebron. (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt08b04.htm#5">2 Samuel 4:5–12</a>)</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="As_Eshbaal">As Eshbaal</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ish-bosheth&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: As Eshbaal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Meanwhile, in the <a href="/wiki/Books_of_Chronicles" title="Books of Chronicles">Books of Chronicles</a>, he is exclusively called Eshbaal: </p> <dl><dd>And Ner begot Kish; and Kish begot Saul; and Saul begot Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and <b>Eshbaal.</b> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt25a08.htm#33">1 Chronicles 8:33</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt25a09.htm#39">1 Chronicles 9:39</a>, Jewish Publication Society, 1917)</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Archaeology">Archaeology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ish-bosheth&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Archaeology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2012, according to the <a href="/wiki/Israel_Antiquities_Authority" title="Israel Antiquities Authority">Israel Antiquities Authority</a>, archaeologists had discovered a 3,000-year-old inscription on a reconstructed large ceramic jar found in <a href="/wiki/Khirbet_Qeiyafa" title="Khirbet Qeiyafa">Khirbet Qeiyafa</a>, containing the name "Eshbaal ben Beda". Though this Eshbaal is a different person than the Eshbaal/Ish-bosheth of the Bible, it was the first time the name was discovered in an ancient inscription. It is one of only four Hebrew inscriptions ever discovered dating to the 10th century BC.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ish-bosheth&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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Westminster John Knox Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-664-22068-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-664-22068-6"><bdi>978-0-664-22068-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+History+of+Israel&rft.pub=Westminster+John+Knox+Press&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=978-0-664-22068-6&rft.aulast=Bright&rft.aufirst=John&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D0VG67yLs-LAC%26pg%3DPA195&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AIsh-bosheth" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGarfinkelGanorHasel2018" class="citation book cs1">Garfinkel, Yosef; Ganor, Saar; Hasel, Michael G. 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title="Solomon">Solomon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Israel_(Samaria)" title="Kingdom of Israel (Samaria)">Israel<br />(northern kingdom)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jeroboam" title="Jeroboam">Jeroboam I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nadab_of_Israel" title="Nadab of Israel">Nadab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baasha_of_Israel" title="Baasha of Israel">Baasha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elah_(king)" title="Elah (king)">Elah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zimri_(king)" title="Zimri (king)">Zimri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tibni" title="Tibni">Tibni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Omri" title="Omri">Omri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahab" title="Ahab">Ahab</a> (<a href="/wiki/Jezebel" title="Jezebel">Jezebel</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahaziah_of_Israel" title="Ahaziah of 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title="Hezekiah">Hezekiah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manasseh_of_Judah" title="Manasseh of Judah">Manasseh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amon_of_Judah" title="Amon of Judah">Amon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josiah" title="Josiah">Josiah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jehoahaz_of_Judah" title="Jehoahaz of Judah">Jehoahaz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jehoiakim" title="Jehoiakim">Jehoiakim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeconiah" title="Jeconiah">Jeconiah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zedekiah" title="Zedekiah">Zedekiah</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Hasmonean_dynasty" title="Hasmonean dynasty">Judea<br />(Hasmonean dynasty)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Simon_Thassi" title="Simon Thassi">Simon Thassi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Hyrcanus" title="John Hyrcanus">John Hyrcanus</a></li> <li><a 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