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His original name was Eshbaal, which means "man of Baal," but it was later changed, likely to avoid the association with the Canaanite deity Baal (<a href="/1_chronicles/8-33.htm">1 Chronicles 8:33</a>; <a href="/1_chronicles/9-39.htm">1 Chronicles 9:39</a>).<br><br><b>Family Background:</b> <br>Ish-bosheth was the fourth son of King Saul, Israel's first king, and his mother was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz (<a href="/1_samuel/14-50.htm">1 Samuel 14:50</a>). He had three brothers: Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua, all of whom died with Saul in the battle against the Philistines on Mount Gilboa (<a href="/1_samuel/31-2.htm">1 Samuel 31:2</a>).<br><br><b>Reign and Political Context:</b> <br>After the death of Saul, Ish-bosheth was made king over Israel by Abner, the commander of Saul's army. His reign was primarily over the northern tribes of Israel, while David was anointed king over the tribe of Judah in Hebron (<a href="/2_samuel/2-8.htm">2 Samuel 2:8-10</a>). Ish-bosheth's rule lasted for two years, during which time there was ongoing conflict between the house of Saul and the house of David (<a href="/2_samuel/3.htm">2 Samuel 3:1</a>).<br><br><b>Conflict with David:</b> <br>The kingdom was divided, with Ish-bosheth ruling from Mahanaim, east of the Jordan River, and David ruling from Hebron. The tension between the two houses was marked by a series of skirmishes and political maneuvers. Abner, the power behind Ish-bosheth's throne, initially supported him but later defected to David after a falling out with Ish-bosheth over a personal dispute (<a href="/2_samuel/3-6.htm">2 Samuel 3:6-11</a>).<br><br><b>Assassination and Death:</b> <br>Ish-bosheth's reign came to an abrupt end when he was assassinated by two of his own captains, Baanah and Rechab, who sought favor with David by bringing him Ish-bosheth's head (<a href="/2_samuel/4-5.htm">2 Samuel 4:5-8</a>). However, David condemned their treachery and had them executed, demonstrating his respect for the anointed king and his desire to unify Israel under legitimate means (<a href="/2_samuel/4-9.htm">2 Samuel 4:9-12</a>).<br><br><b>Legacy and Theological Significance:</b> <br>Ish-bosheth's brief and troubled reign highlights the tumultuous period of transition from the rule of Saul to the establishment of David's dynasty. His account underscores themes of loyalty, divine providence, and the legitimacy of kingship in Israel. Despite his weak leadership, Ish-bosheth's role in the biblical narrative serves as a backdrop to the rise of David, a man after God's own heart, who would unite the tribes and establish Jerusalem as the political and spiritual center of Israel.<a name="eas" id="eas"></a><div class="vheading2">Easton's Bible Dictionary</div>Man of shame or humiliation, the youngest of Saul's four sons, and the only one who survived him (<a href="/context/2_samuel/2.htm">2 Samuel 2</a>-4). His name was originally Eshbaal (<a href="/1_chronicles/8-33.htm">1 Chronicles 8:33</a>; <a href="/1_chronicles/9-39.htm">9:39</a>). He was about forty years of age when his father and three brothers fell at the battle of Gilboa. Through the influence of Abner, Saul's cousin, he was acknowledged as successor to the throne of Saul, and ruled over all Israel, except the tribe of Judah (over whom David was king), for two years, having Mahanaim, on the east of Jordan, as his capital (<a href="/2_samuel/2-9.htm">2 Samuel 2:9</a>). After a troubled and uncertain reign he was murdered by his guard, who stabbed him while he was asleep on his couch at mid-day (<a href="/2_samuel/4-5.htm">2 Samuel 4:5</a>-7); and having cut off his head, presented it to David, who sternly rebuked them for this cold-blooded murder, and ordered them to be immediately executed (9-12). <a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">ISH-BOSHETH</span><p>ish-bo'-sheth ('ish-bosheth, "man of shame" Iesbosthe): Called 'eshba`al, "man of Baal" (<a href="/1_chronicles/8-33.htm">1 Chronicles 8:33</a>), and yishwi, "man of Yahweh" (?), perhaps for 'isheyo (<a href="/1_samuel/14-49.htm">1 Samuel 14:49</a>). Compare ESHBAAL and ISHVI (the King James Version "Ishui"). We probably have the right meaning of the name in Eshbaal and Ishvi, the words Baal and Yahweh being frequently interchanged. The change to Ish-bosheth, "man of shame," in 2 Samuel, where the story of his shameful murder is related, may be better explained as reference to this (see MEPHIBOSHETH, whose name was also changed from Merib-baal for similar reasons), than to find here a suggestion of Baal-worship, but see HPN, 121, where the change is explained as a correction of the scribes, in consequence of prophetic protests.<br><br>One of the sons of Saul (<a href="/1_chronicles/8-33.htm">1 Chronicles 8:33</a>; <a href="/1_chronicles/9-39.htm">1 Chronicles 9:39</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-49.htm">1 Samuel 14:49</a>) who, when his father and brothers were slain in the battle of Gilboa (<a href="/1_samuel/31-1.htm">1 Samuel 31:1</a>), was proclaimed king over Israel by Abner, the captain of Saul's host, at Mahanaim (<a href="/2_samuel/2-8.htm">2 Samuel 2:8</a>). Ishbosheth was 40 years old at this time and reigned over Israel 2 years (<a href="/2_samuel/2-10.htm">2 Samuel 2:10</a>). Judah, however, proclaimed David its king. The consequence was war (<a href="/2_samuel/2-12.htm">2 Samuel 2:12</a>). The house of David prevailed against the house of Saul (<a href="/2_samuel/3-1.htm">2 Samuel 3:1</a>), but the war did not come to a close until Abner, angry on account of the rebuke he suffered from Ish-Bosheth for his unlawful intimacy with Rizpah, Saul's concubine, joined David (<a href="/2_samuel/3-6.htm">2 Samuel 3:6</a>). David's condition to return to him Michal, his wife before peace could be made, was fulfilled by Ish-Bosheth (<a href="/2_samuel/3-14.htm">2 Samuel 3:14 f</a>), but it was not until after Abner's death that Ish-Bosheth seems to have given up hopes of retaining his power (<a href="/2_samuel/4-1.htm">2 Samuel 4:1</a>). The shameful murder of Ish-Bosheth by his own captains is recorded in <a href="/2_samuel/4-5.htm">2 Samuel 4:5</a>. David punished the murderers who had expected reward and buried Ish-Bosheth in the grave of Abner at Hebron (<a href="/2_samuel/4-12.htm">2 Samuel 4:12 f</a>).<br><br>Arthur L. Breslich<p><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/378.htm"><span class="l">378. <b>Ish</b>-<b>bosheth</b> -- "man of shame," a son of Saul and king of Isr.</span></a><br><b>Ish</b>-<b>bosheth</b>. 377, 378. <b>Ish</b>-<b>bosheth</b>. 379 . "man of shame," a son of<br> Saul and king of Isr. Transliteration: <b>Ish</b>-<b>bosheth</b> Phonetic <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/378.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/792.htm"><span class="l">792. Eshbaal -- "man of Baal," a son of Saul</span></a><br><b>...</b> Eshbaal. From 'iysh and Ba'al; man of Baal; Eshbaal (or <b>Ishbosheth</b>), a son of Saul --<br> Eshbaal. see HEBREW 'iysh. see HEBREW Ba'al. 791, 792. Eshbaal. 793 . <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/792.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/josephus/the_antiquities_of_the_jews/chapter_2_that_upon_the.htm"><span class="l">That Upon the Slaughter of <b>Ishbosheth</b> by the Treachery of his <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> CHAPTER 2. That Upon The Slaughter Of <b>Ishbosheth</b> By The Treachery Of His Friends,<br> David Received The Whole Kingdom. 1. When <b>Ishbosheth</b> <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 2 that upon the.htm</font><p><a href="/library/wells/bible_stories_and_religious_classics/the_history_of_david.htm"><span class="l">The History of David</span></a> <br><b>...</b> And Abner prince of the host of Saul, and other servants of Saul, took <b>Ishbosheth</b><br> the son of Saul, and led him about, and made him king over Israel, except the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../wells/bible stories and religious classics/the history of david.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_f/one_fold_and_one_shepherd.htm"><span class="l">One Fold and one Shepherd</span></a> <br><b>...</b> conquest is marked, not only by Abner's flight to Mahanaim, but by the reckoning<br> that David reigned for seven and a half years and <b>Ishbosheth</b> two; for these <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/one fold and one shepherd.htm</font><p><a href="/library/josephus/the_antiquities_of_the_jews/chapter_1_how_david_reigned.htm"><span class="l">How David Reigned Over one Tribe at Hebron While the Son Of</span></a> <br><b>...</b> other sons, were fallen in the battle, he made haste into the camp; and taking away<br> with him the remaining son of Saul, whose name was <b>Ishbosheth</b>, he passed <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 1 how david reigned.htm</font><p><a href="/library/yonge/the_chosen_people/lesson_vi_the_kingdom_of.htm"><span class="l">The Kingdom of all Israel.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> For seven years David reigned only in his own tribe of Judah, while the brave Abner<br> kept the rest of the kingdom for Saul's son, <b>Ishbosheth</b>, until, taking <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/yonge/the chosen people/lesson vi the kingdom of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/the_life_of_david/ix_the_king.htm"><span class="l">The King.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> made it the nucleus of a feeble and lingering opposition to David, headed by Saul's<br> cousin Abner, and rallying round his incompetent son <b>Ishbosheth</b>.[Q] The <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/the life of david/ix the king.htm</font><p><a href="/library/tidwell/the_bible_period_by_period/chapter_xi_the_reign_of.htm"><span class="l">The Reign of David.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> seven and one-half years. During this period <b>Ishbosheth</b>, son of Saul, reigned<br> over Israel in the North. It is probable that both <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../tidwell/the bible period by period/chapter xi the reign of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_f/the_bright_dawn_of_a.htm"><span class="l">The Bright Dawn of a Reign</span></a> <br><b>...</b> <b>Ish</b>-<b>bosheth</b> Saul's son was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and <b>...</b><br> The puppet king is named <b>Ishbosheth</b> in the lesson, but 1 Chronicles 8:33 and <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/the bright dawn of a.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_f/david_and_jonathans_son.htm"><span class="l">David and Jonathan's Son</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Saul and three of his four sons had fallen on the fatal field of Gilboa; the fourth,<br> the weak <b>Ishbosheth</b>, had been murdered after his abortive attempt at <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/david and jonathans son.htm</font><p><a href="/library/yonge/the_chosen_people/questions.htm"><span class="l">Questions.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> 13. What was the end of Saul? 14. Who reigned over the rest of Israel? 15. What<br> became of <b>Ishbosheth</b>? 16. What were David's conquests? 17. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/yonge/the chosen people/questions.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/i/ishbosheth.htm"><span class="l"><b>Ishbosheth</b> (13 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> the captain of Saul's host, at Mahanaim (2 Samuel 2:8). <b>Ishbosheth</b> was 40 <b>...</b> until Abner,<br> angry on account of the rebuke he suffered from <b>Ish</b>-<b>Bosheth</b> for his <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/i/ishbosheth.htm - 14k</font><p><a href="/topical/i/ish-bosheth.htm"><span class="l"><b>Ish</b>-<b>bosheth</b> (14 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>Ish</b>-<b>bosheth</b>. <b>Ishbosheth</b>, <b>Ish</b>-<b>bosheth</b>. Ish-bo'sheth . Easton's Bible Dictionary <b>...</b> <br><b>Ishbosheth</b>, <b>Ish</b>-<b>bosheth</b>. Ish-bo'sheth . Reference Bible. <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/i/ish-bosheth.htm - 15k</font><p><a href="/topical/i/ish-bosheth's.htm"><span class="l"><b>Ish</b>-<b>bosheth's</b> (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>Ish</b>-<b>bosheth's</b>. Ish-bo'sheth, <b>Ish</b>-<b>bosheth's</b>. Ishhod . Multi-Version<br> Concordance <b>Ish</b>-<b>bosheth's</b> (1 Occurrence). 2 Samuel <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/i/ish-bosheth's.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/i/ish-bo'sheth.htm"><span class="l">Ish-bo'sheth (13 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> <b>Ish</b>-<b>bosheth</b>, Ish-bo'sheth. <b>Ish</b>-<b>bosheth's</b> . <b>...</b> (See RSV). 2 Samuel 3:11 And so great<br> was <b>Ish</b>-<b>bosheth's</b> fear of Abner that he was not able to say a word in answer <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/i/ish-bo'sheth.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/r/rechab.htm"><span class="l">Rechab (13 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (1.) One of <b>Ishbosheth's</b> "captains of <b>...</b> of Beeroth, son of Rimmon (2 Samuel 4:2); he<br> and his brother Baanah were "captains" of the military host of <b>Ish</b>-<b>bosheth</b>. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/r/rechab.htm - 15k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/baanah.htm"><span class="l">Baanah (10 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> He and his brother Rechab assassinated <b>Ishbosheth</b> (2 Samuel 4:2), and were on <b>...</b><br> ba`anah, ("son of oppression"): (1) Captain in the army of <b>Ish</b>-<b>bosheth</b> (2 Samuel <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/baanah.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/m/mahanaim.htm"><span class="l">Mahanaim (15 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Here Saul's son <b>Ishbosheth</b> reigned (2 Samuel 2:8, 12), while David reigned<br> at Hebron. Here also, after a troubled reign, <b>Ishbosheth</b><b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/mahanaim.htm - 18k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/ashurites.htm"><span class="l">Ashurites (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Mentioned among those over whom <b>Ish</b>-<b>bosheth</b> was made king (2 Samuel 2:9). Int. <b>...</b> The<br> tribe of Asher lay where it would naturally fall to <b>Ish</b>-<b>bosheth's</b> kingdom. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/ashurites.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/ashhur.htm"><span class="l">Ashhur (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Thenius and Wellhausen, is untenable, for during the reign of <b>Ish</b>-<b>bosheth</b> Geshur<br> was <b>...</b> Furthermore Geshur was too far away from the rest of <b>Ishbosheth's</b> territory <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/ashhur.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/saul's.htm"><span class="l">Saul's (79 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2 Samuel 2:10 <b>Ishbosheth</b>, Saul's son, was forty years old when he began to <b>...</b> 12 And<br> Abner, the son of Ner, with the servants of Saul's son <b>Ish</b>-<b>bosheth</b>, went out <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/saul's.htm - 31k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/David-and-Ish-bosheth.html">What is the story of David and Ish-Bosheth? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Rechab-and-Baanah.html">Who were Rechab and Baanah? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Abner-and-Joab.html">What is the story of Abner and Joab? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Ish-bosheth (14 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/2-8.htm">2 Samuel 2:8</a></span><br />Now Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, had taken <span class="boldtext">Ish-bosheth</span> the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim; <br /><span class="source">(ASV BBE JPS WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/2-10.htm">2 Samuel 2:10</a></span><br /><span class="boldtext">Ish-bosheth</span>, Saul's son, was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David. <br /><span class="source">(ASV BBE JPS WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/2-12.htm">2 Samuel 2:12</a></span><br />And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of <span class="boldtext">Ish-bosheth</span> the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon. <br /><span class="source">(ASV BBE JPS WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/2-15.htm">2 Samuel 2:15</a></span><br />Then they arose and went over by number: twelve for Benjamin, and for <span class="boldtext">Ish-bosheth</span> the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David. <br /><span class="source">(ASV BBE JPS WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-7.htm">2 Samuel 3:7</a></span><br />Now Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and Ish-bosheth'said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father's concubine? <br /><span class="source">(ASV BBE JPS WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-8.htm">2 Samuel 3:8</a></span><br />Then was Abner very wroth for the words of <span class="boldtext">Ish-bosheth</span>, and said, Am I a dog's head that belongeth to Judah? This day do I show kindness unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David; and yet thou chargest me this day with a fault concerning this woman. <br /><span class="source">(ASV BBE JPS WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-14.htm">2 Samuel 3:14</a></span><br />And David sent messengers to <span class="boldtext">Ish-bosheth</span>, Saul's son, saying, Deliver me my wife Michal, whom I betrothed to me for a hundred foreskins of the Philistines. <br /><span class="source">(ASV BBE JPS WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-15.htm">2 Samuel 3:15</a></span><br />And <span class="boldtext">Ish-bosheth</span> sent, and took her from her husband, even from Paltiel the son of Laish. <br /><span class="source">(ASV BBE JPS WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/4-1.htm">2 Samuel 4:1</a></span><br />And when '<span class="boldtext">Ish-bosheth</span>', Saul's son, heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands became feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.<br /><span class="source">(ASV BBE NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/4-2.htm">2 Samuel 4:2</a></span><br />And '<span class="boldtext">Ish-bosheth</span>', Saul's son, 'had' two men that were captains of bands: the name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin (for Beeroth also is reckoned to Benjamin:<br /><span class="source">(ASV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/4-5.htm">2 Samuel 4:5</a></span><br />And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of <span class="boldtext">Ish-bosheth</span>, as he took his rest at noon. <br /><span class="source">(ASV BBE JPS WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/4-7.htm">2 Samuel 4:7</a></span><br />And when they came into the house, <span class="boldtext">Ish-bosheth</span> was stretched on his bed in his bedroom; and they made an attack on him and put him to death, and, cutting off his head, they took it with them and went by the road through the Arabah all night.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/4-8.htm">2 Samuel 4:8</a></span><br />And they brought the head of <span class="boldtext">Ish-bosheth</span> unto David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold, the head of <span class="boldtext">Ish-bosheth</span>, the son of Saul, thine enemy, who sought thy life; and Jehovah hath avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed. <br /><span class="source">(ASV BBE JPS WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/4-12.htm">2 Samuel 4:12</a></span><br />And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up beside the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of <span class="boldtext">Ish-bosheth</span>, and buried it in the grave of Abner in Hebron. <br /><span class="source">(ASV BBE JPS WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/i/ish-bosheth.htm">Ish-Bosheth</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/i/ish-bosheth--assassinated.htm">Ish-Bosheth: Assassinated</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/i/ish-bosheth--avenged_by_david.htm">Ish-Bosheth: Avenged by David</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/i/ish-bosheth--called_esh-baal_in.htm">Ish-Bosheth: Called Esh-Baal In</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/i/ish-bosheth--deserted_by_abner.htm">Ish-Bosheth: Deserted by Abner</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/i/ish-bosheth--made_king_by_abner.htm">Ish-Bosheth: Made King by Abner</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/i/ish-bosheth--restores_michal_(david's_first_wife)_to_david.htm">Ish-Bosheth: Restores Michal (David's First Wife) to David</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/r/regicide_of_ish-bosheth.htm">Regicide of Ish-Bosheth</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/i/ish-bosheth.htm">Ish-bosheth (14 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/i/ish-bosheth's.htm">Ish-bosheth's (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/i/ishbosheth.htm">Ishbosheth (13 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/i/ishbosheth.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Ishbosheth"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Ishbosheth" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/i/ish-bo'sheth.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Ish-bo'sheth"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Ish-bo'sheth" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /> <div align="center"> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>