2 Samuel 2:9 KJV
And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.
Matthew Henry
- Abner makes Ishbosheth king Battle between Abner's men and those of JoabThe nation in general refused David. By this the Lord trained up his servant for future honour and usefulness; and the tendency of true godliness was shown...
Thompson Chains
- Tribe of EphraimLink 7 of 10 · next 2 Chronicles 15:9
Cross References
- 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;
- Numbers 32:1–42 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; …
- Joshua 19:18 And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,
- Judges 1:32 But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: for they did not drive them out.
- Psalms 108:8 Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;
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Topics
- Abner Loyalty of, to the house of Saul
- Armies Determine royal succession
- Ashurites (Possibly GESHURITES)
- Benjamin Loyal to Ish-bosheth, the son of Saul
- Ephraim Received Ish-bosheth as king
- Hebron David crowned king of Judah at
- Ish-bosheth Made king by Abner
- Israel Ish-bosheth made king
- Jezreel 2. A city of the tribe of Issachar
- Judah Make David king
- Mahanaim Ish-bosheth establishes himself at, when made king over Israel
- Saul Their bodies exposed in Beth-shan; rescued by the people of Jabesh and burned; bones of, buried under a tree at Jabesh
Kings of Israel & Judah
- DavidKing of Israel · 1055–1015 BC
- IshboshethRival King of Israel · 1055–1048 BC
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible1055–1015 BC · David reigns in Israel
Places
- GileadRegion · today Tell edh Dhahab esh Sherqiyeh · Location likely
- JezreelTown · today Tel Yizre’el · Location well established
- Places in 2 Samuel 2 on a map
Bible Dictionary
- GileadHill of testimony, (Gen 31:21), a mountainous region east of Jordan. From its mountainous character it is called “the mount of Gilead”...
- AshuritesMentioned among those over whom Ish-bosheth was made king (2 Sam 2:9).
- JezreelGod scatters. (1.) A town of Issachar (Josh 19:18), where the kings of Israel often resided (1 Kgs 18:45; 1 Kgs 21:1; 2 Kgs 9:30). Here...
- EphraimDouble fruitfulness (“for God had made him fruitful in the land of his affliction”). The second son of Joseph, born in Egypt (Gen 41:52;...
- BenjaminSon of my right hand. (1.) The younger son of Jacob by Rachel (Gen 35:18). His birth took place at Ephrath, on the road between Bethel...
- IsraelThe name conferred on Jacob after the great prayer-struggle at Peniel (Gen 32:28), because “as a prince he had power with God and...
Hebrew and Strong’s
- And made him king וַיַּמְלִכֵהוּ wayyamlikēhû מָלַךְ Verb · hiphil sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and, suffix: third person masculine singular
- over Gilead אֶל ʾel Preposition הַגִּלְעָד haggilʿād גִּלְעָד Proper name · with the וְאֶל wĕʾel Preposition · with and
- and over the Ashurites הָאֲשׁוּרִי hāʾăšûrî אֲשׁוּרִי Noun · masculine singular · with the וְאֶל wĕʾel Preposition · with and
- and over Jezreel יִזְרְעֶאל yizrĕʿeʾl יִזְרְעֵאל Proper name וְעַל wĕʿal Preposition · with and
- and over Ephraim אֶפְרַיִם ʾeprayim אֶפְרַיִם Proper name וְעַל wĕʿal Preposition · with and
- and over Benjamin בִּנְיָמִן binyāmin בִּנְיָמִין Proper name וְעַל wĕʿal Preposition · with and
- and over all Israel יִשְׂרָאֵל yiśrāʾēl יִשְׂרָאֵל Proper name כֻּלֹּה kullô Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: third person masculine singular
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