Ish-bosheth
Americannoun
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Ish-bosheth Saul's son was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and reigned two years.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII by Maclaren, Alexander
There, too, David sought refuge from Absalom; and out from those same gates through which Ish-bosheth had sent armies against him, David sent armies against his own son.
From My Three Days in Gilead by Hoenshel, Elmer Ulysses
Now Abner, the captain of Saul's host, had taken Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and made him king over Israel.
From Heroes of Israel Text of the Hero Stories with Notes and Questions for Young Students by Soares, Theodore Gerald
There, after the death of Saul, Ish-bosheth established his capital, and forth from its gates he sent his armies under Abner to fight that he might secure the scepter of all Israel to himself.
From My Three Days in Gilead by Hoenshel, Elmer Ulysses
Ish-bosheth was murdered as he "lay on a bed at noon," and Jezebel's prophets "called on the name of Baal from morning even unto noon."
From The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture by Maunder, E. Walter (Edward Walter)
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