Ish-bosheth Made King of Israel

2 Samuel 2

⁸ But _l Abner the son of Ner, commander of Saul's army, took Ish-bosheth the son of Saul and brought him over to _m Mahanaim, ⁹ and he made him king over Gilead and the Ashurites and Jezreel and Ephraim and Benjamin and all Israel. ¹⁰ Ish-bosheth, 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. ¹¹ _n And the time that David was king in Hebron over _i the house of Judah was seven years and six months.

1. Cross References
   1 Samuel 14:50
   And the name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam the daughter of Ahimaaz. And the name of the commander of his army was Abner the son of Ner, Saul's uncle.
   
2. Cross References
   Joshua 13:26
   And from Heshbon to Ramath-mizpeh and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the territory of Debir.
   
3. Cross References
   2 Samuel 5:5
   At Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and at Jerusalem he reigned over all Israel and Judah thirty-three years.
   1 Kings 2:11
   And the time that David reigned over Israel was forty years. He reigned seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
   
4. Cross References
   2 Samuel 2:4
   And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. When they told David, "It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul.