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2 Samuel 2:12 KJV
2 Samuel · chapter 2 · verse 12
And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.2 Samuel 2:12 · King James Version
2 Samuel 2:12 in context
10Ishbosheth Saul’s son was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David.
11And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
12And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
13And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out, and met together by the pool of Gibeon: and they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool.
14And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- IshboshethʼÎysh-BôshethIsh-Bosheth, a son of King SaulH378 →
- servantsʻebeda servantH5650 →
- MahanaimMachănayimMachanajim, a place in PalestineH4266 →
- GibeonGibʻôwnGibon, a place in PalestineH1391 →
- AbnerʼAbnêrAbner, an IsraeliteH74 →
- SaulShâʼûwlShaul, the name of an Edomite and two IsraelitesH7586 →
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Here is, I. A rivalship between two kings - David, whom God made king, and Ishbosheth, whom Abner made king. One would have thought, when Saul was slain, and all his sons that had sense and spirit enough to take the field with him, David would come to the throne without any opposition, since all Israel knew, not only…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 8-17