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2 Samuel 2:9 KJV
2 Samuel · chapter 2 · verse 9
And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.2 Samuel 2:9 · King James Version
2 Samuel 2:9 in context
7Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and be ye valiant: for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them.
8But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul’s host, took Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;
9And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.
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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- AshuritesʼĂshûwrîyan Ashurite or inhabitant of Ashur, a district in PalestineH805 →
- BenjaminBinyâmîynBinjamin, youngest son of JacobH1144 →
- JezreelYizrᵉʻêʼlJizreel, the name of two places in Palestine and of two IsraelitesH3157 →
- EphraimʼEphrayimEphrajim, a son of JosephH669 →
- GileadGilʻâdGilad, a region East of the JordanH1568 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
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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