Ish-bosheth

American  

[ish-boh-shith] / ɪʃˈboʊ ʃɪθ /

noun

1. (in the Bible) a son and successor of Saul.

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Example Sentences

And Ish-bosheth sent, and took her from her husband, even from Phaltiel, the son of Laish.

From The Entailed Hat Or, Patty Cannon's Times by Townsend, George Alfred

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

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

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)

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