Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version He made him king over Gilead, Ashuri and Jezreel, and also over Ephraim, Benjamin and all Israel. New Living Translation There he proclaimed Ishbosheth king over Gilead, Jezreel, Ephraim, Benjamin, the land of the Ashurites, and all the rest of Israel. English Standard Version and he made him king over Gilead and the Ashurites and Jezreel and Ephraim and Benjamin and all Israel. Berean Standard Bible and made him king over Gilead, Asher, Jezreel, Ephraim, and Benjamin—over all Israel. King James Bible And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel. New King James Version and he made him king over Gilead, over the Ashurites, over Jezreel, over Ephraim, over Benjamin, and over all Israel. New American Standard Bible And he made him king over Gilead, over the Ashurites, over Jezreel, over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, even over all Israel. NASB 1995 He made him king over Gilead, over the Ashurites, over Jezreel, over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, even over all Israel. NASB 1977 And he made him king over Gilead, over the Ashurites, over Jezreel, over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, even over all Israel. Legacy Standard Bible And he made him king over Gilead, over the Ashurites, over Jezreel, over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, even over all Israel. Amplified Bible He made him king over Gilead, over the Ashurites, over Jezreel, over Ephraim, over Benjamin, even over all Israel [except Judah]. Christian Standard Bible He made him king over Gilead, Asher, Jezreel, Ephraim, Benjamin—over all Israel. Holman Christian Standard Bible He made him king over Gilead, Asher, Jezreel, Ephraim, Benjamin—over all Israel. American Standard Version and he made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And crowned him King over Gelad and over Geshur and over Yizrael and over Aphrim and over Benyamin and over all Israel Brenton Septuagint Translation and made him king over the land of Galaad, and over Thasiri, and over Jezrael, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel. Contemporary English Version and made him king of Israel, including the areas of Gilead, Asher, Jezreel, Ephraim, and Benjamin. Douay-Rheims Bible And made him king over Galaad, and, over Gessuri, and over Jezrahel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel. English Revised Version and he made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel. GOD'S WORD® Translation Abner made him king of Gilead, Asher, Jezreel, Ephraim, and Benjamin, that is, all Israel. Good News Translation There Abner made Ishbosheth king of the territories of Gilead, Asher, Jezreel, Ephraim, and Benjamin, and indeed over all Israel. International Standard Version He installed him as king over Gilead, the Ashurites, Jezreel, Ephraim, Benjamin, and all of the rest of Israel. JPS Tanakh 1917 and he made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel. Literal Standard Version and causes him to reign over Gilead, and over the Ashurite, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over Israel—all of it. Majority Standard Bible and made him king over Gilead, Asher, Jezreel, Ephraim, and Benjamin—over all Israel. New American Bible where he made him king over Gilead, the Asherites, Jezreel, Ephraim, Benjamin, and the rest of Israel. NET Bible He appointed him king over Gilead, the Geshurites, Jezreel, Ephraim, Benjamin, and all Israel. New Revised Standard Version He made him king over Gilead, the Ashurites, Jezreel, Ephraim, Benjamin, and over all Israel. New Heart English Bible and he made him king over Gilead, and over the Geshurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel. Webster's Bible Translation And he made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel. World English Bible He made him king over Gilead, over the Ashurites, over Jezreel, over Ephraim, over Benjamin, and over all Israel. Young's Literal Translation and causeth him to reign over Gilead, and over the Ashurite, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over Israel -- all of it. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Ish-bosheth Made King of Israel8Meanwhile, Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, took Saul’s son Ish-bosheth, moved him to Mahanaim, 9and made him king over Gilead, Asher, Jezreel, Ephraim, and Benjamin— over all Israel. 10Saul’s son Ish-bosheth was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned for two years. The house of Judah, however, followed David.… Cross References Joshua 22:9 So the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh left the Israelites at Shiloh in the land of Canaan to return to their own land of Gilead, which they had acquired according to the command of the LORD through Moses. Judges 1:32 So the Asherites lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land, because they did not drive them out. 1 Samuel 29:1 Now the Philistines brought all their forces together at Aphek, while Israel camped by the spring in Jezreel. 2 Samuel 2:10 Saul's son Ish-bosheth was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned for two years. The house of Judah, however, followed David. 2 Samuel 3:6 During the war between the house of Saul and the house of David, Abner had continued to strengthen his position in the house of Saul. 1 Chronicles 12:29 From Benjamin, the kinsmen of Saul: 3,000, most of whom had remained loyal to the house of Saul up to that time. Treasury of Scripture And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel. Gilead Numbers 32:1 Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle; Joshua 13:8-11 With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond Jordan eastward, even as Moses the servant of the LORD gave them; … Psalm 108:8 Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver; Ashurites The LXX. Genesis 30:13 And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher. Numbers 1:40 Of the children of Asher, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; over Jezreel Joshua 19:18 And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem, Jump to Previous Asherites Ashurites Asshurites Benjamin Causeth Ephraim E'phraim Gilead Israel Jezreel Jizreel ReignJump to Next Asherites Ashurites Asshurites Benjamin Causeth Ephraim E'phraim Gilead Israel Jezreel Jizreel Reign2 Samuel 2 1. David, by God's direction, with his company goes up to Hebron 4. where he is made king of Judah 5. He commends them of Jabesh Gilead for their king of Israel 8. Abner makes Ishbosheth king of Israel 12. A mortal skirmish between twelve of Abner's and twelve of Joab's men. 18. Asahel is slain 25. At Abner's motion, Joab sounds a retreat 32. Asahel's burial (9) The Ashurites, and over Jezreel.--This verse apparently expresses the gradual extension of Ishbosheth's dominion as the country became freed from the Philistines. At first, his authority was established over Gilead--i.e., the country on the east of the Jordan; then "over the Ashurites." No satisfactory explanation of this name as it stands has been found, but it is probably meant for Asherites, or the tribe of Asher, the reading of some MSS. and of the Chaldee Version; the name of this tribe standing for the whole region west of the Jordan, and north of the plain of Esdraelon; then southwards, "over Jezreel,"the wide plain between the mountains of Gilboa and the little Hermon; then "over Ephraim," including the half-tribe of Manasseh; and, still southwards, "over Benjamin;" and finally, "over all Israel," excepting, of course, Judah.Verse 9. - Make him king over. A different preposition is used with the first three names from that employed afterwards, as though Ishbosheth's reign over Gilead and Jezreel was a reality, but that he had only a shadowy claim to dominion over Ephraim, Benjamin, and all Israel. Gilead. As Mahanaim lay upon the borders of Gad and Manasseh, Abner would easily control these two tribes, and Reuben, which was never an active or enterprising tribe, would follow their lead. Of the Ashurites nothing is known, and the reading is uncertain, as the LXX. has "Thasir," and the Vulgate and Syriac "Geshur." The Chaldee paraphrase boldly gives "the house of Asher;" but this tribe lay close to Phoenicia, on the extreme northwest. There are two places called Geshur (see on 2 Samuel 3:3), but neither of them seems meant, and more probably it was some place the name of which was uncommon, and so was wrongly copied by scribes until the present confusion arose. Jezreel. The name of this place, as specially subject to Ishbosheth, is surprising; for the town, at this time of no importance, lay in the wide plain between the mountains of Gilboa and the little Hermon. But this district was the prize won by the Philistines, and was a region where their cavalry and chariots gave them a great advantage. For Ishbosheth to have had even a nominal dominion over Jezreel, he must either have become a tributary, or Abner must have maintained a not unsuccessful struggle there after the battle of Gilboa. The latter is the more probable. In safe possession of all the country east of the Jordan, Abner was not likely to consent to anything so humiliating as submission to the Philistines; while David's connection with Achish made it neither so galling to him nor so disadvantageous. As the Transjordanic tribes assembled at Hebron to make David king to the number of one hundred and twenty thousand men (1 Chronicles 12:37), Abner plainly had large resources at his command, and, though the people were not very earnest in the cause of Saul's house, yet they would probably assemble in considerable numbers after the battle of Gilboa, to prevent any irruption of the victors into their country. At their head Abner probably gained some advantages over the Philistines, and thus became powerful enough to proclaim Ishbosheth king, and as Ephraim and Benjamin acquiesced, he became nominally ruler over all Israel. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew and made him kingוַיַּמְלִכֵ֙הוּ֙ (way·yam·li·ḵê·hū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular Strong's 4427: To reign, inceptively, to ascend the throne, to induct into royalty, to take counsel over אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to Gilead, הַגִּלְעָ֔ד (hag·gil·‘āḏ) Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 1568: Gilead -- a region in Palestine, also the name of several Israelites Asher, הָאֲשׁוּרִ֖י (hā·’ă·šū·rî) Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 805: Asshurim -- descendant of Asshur, also a region of Israel Jezreel, יִזְרְעֶ֑אל (yiz·rə·‘el) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 3157: Jezreel -- 'God sows', two Israelites, also two cities in Israel, also a valley in Northern Israel Ephraim, אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙ (’ep̄·ra·yim) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 669: Ephraim -- a son of Joseph, also his descendants and their territory Benjamin— בִּנְיָמִ֔ן (bin·yā·min) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 1144: Benjamin -- 'son of the right hand', youngest son of Jacob, also the name of two other Israelites over וְעַל־ (wə·‘al-) Conjunctive waw | Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against all כֻּלֹּֽה׃ (kul·lōh) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every Israel. יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc Links 2 Samuel 2:9 NIV2 Samuel 2:9 NLT 2 Samuel 2:9 ESV 2 Samuel 2:9 NASB 2 Samuel 2:9 KJV 2 Samuel 2:9 BibleApps.com 2 Samuel 2:9 Biblia Paralela 2 Samuel 2:9 Chinese Bible 2 Samuel 2:9 French Bible 2 Samuel 2:9 Catholic Bible OT History: 2 Samuel 2:9 And he made him king over Gilead (2Sa iiSam 2 Sam ii sam) |