A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.2.8; son of: Saul (H7586G); brother of: Jonathan (H3083H), Abinadab (H0041H), Malchi-shua (H4444), Merab (H4764), Michal (H4324), Armoni (H0764), Mephibosheth (H4648H) Also named: esh.ba.al (אֶשְׁבַּעַל "Eshbaal" H0792) § Ishbosheth = "man of shame" surviving son of Saul, king of Israel for 7 years while David was king over Judah; succeeded by David who united the kingdom
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H378 — אִישׁ־בֹ֫שֶׁת
ish-bo.shet · Ish-bosheth · Hebrew/Aramaic
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2 Samuel 2:8 · אִ֥ישׁ · בֹּ֙שֶׁת֙Now Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul’s army, had taken Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;2 Samuel 2:10 · אִֽישׁ־ · בֹּ֣שֶׁתIshbosheth, 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.2 Samuel 2:12 · אִֽישׁ־ · בֹּ֣שֶׁתAbner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.2 Samuel 2:15 · וּלְאִ֥ישׁ · בֹּ֙שֶׁת֙Then they arose and went over by number: twelve for Benjamin, and for Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.2 Samuel 3:8 · אִֽישׁ־ · בֹּ֗שֶׁתThen was Abner very angry for the words of Ishbosheth, and said, “Am I a dog’s head that belongs to Judah? Today I show kindness to the house of Saul your father, to his brothers, and to his friends, and have not delivered you into the hand of David; and yet you charge me this day with a fault concerning this woman!2 Samuel 3:14 · אִֽישׁ־ · בֹּ֥שֶׁתDavid sent messengers to Ishbosheth, Saul’s son, saying, “Deliver me my wife Michal, whom I pledged to be married to me for one hundred foreskins of the Philistines.”2 Samuel 3:15 · אִ֣ישׁ · בֹּ֔שֶׁתIshbosheth sent, and took her from her husband, even from Paltiel the son of Laish.2 Samuel 4:5 · אִ֣ישׁ · בֹּ֑שֶׁתThe sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth, as he took his rest at noon.2 Samuel 4:8 · אִֽישׁ־ · בֹּ֥שֶׁת · אִֽישׁ־ · בֹּ֗שֶׁתThey brought the head of Ishbosheth to David to Hebron, and said to the king, “Behold, the head of Ishbosheth, the son of Saul, your enemy, who sought your life! Yahweh has avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed.”2 Samuel 4:12 · אִֽישׁ־ · בֹּ֙שֶׁת֙David commanded his young men, and they killed them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up beside the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth, and buried it in the grave of Abner in Hebron.