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Ish-bosheth

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[ish-boh-shith] / ɪʃˈboʊ ʃɪθ /

noun

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


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Now Abner, the captain of Saul's host, had taken Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and made him king over Israel.

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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."

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

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Ish-bosheth Saul's son was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and reigned two years.

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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.

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