Ish-bosheth
(illegitimate?) son of Saul (2SA 2:8)
PersonTribe of Benjaminmale14 verses
Names
- Ish-bosheth — אִישׁ־בֹשֶׁת ish voshet “man of shame” (H1322) · Ιεβοσθε Iebosthe — 2 Samuel 2:8
- Eshbaal — אֶשְׁבַּעַל eshəbaal “man of Baal” (H792) · Ασαβαλ Asabal — 1 Chronicles 8:33
Titles
- King of Israel — מֶלֶךְ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל melek beyisərael “king of Israel” (H3478) · βασιλεὺς ἐν Ισραηλ basileùs en Israēl “king in Israel” (G2474) — 2 Samuel 2:10
Associations
- killed by Baanah (commander of Ish-bosheth's military) (inferred)
- killed by Rimmon (inferred)
Dated events
- Birth of Ish-bosheth* — 2,916 AH · 1,046 BC · aged 0 — 1 Samuel 13:16
- Ish-bosheth's reign over Israel began — 2,956 AH · 1,055 BC (Ussher) · aged 40 — 2 Samuel 2:10
- Ish-bosheth's reign over Israel ended — 2,958 AH · 1,048 BC (Ussher) · aged 42 — 2 Samuel 2:10
Years are anno hominis, counted from Creation. The two chronologies are given as the source gives them, unreconciled.
Named together
Appearances
Topical references
- Called ESH-BAAL in — 1 Chronicles 8:33; 1 Chronicles 9:39
- Made king by Abner — 2 Samuel 2:8
- Deserted by Abner — 2 Samuel 3:6
- Restores Michal (David's first wife) to David — 2 Samuel 3:14
- Assassinated — 2 Samuel 4:5
- Avenged by David — 2 Samuel 4:9
Outline from Nave's Topical Bible (1897); the sub-headings are Nave's own.