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    Ish-bosheth

    אִישׁ־בֹ֫שֶׁת

    Ish-bosheth (also called Eshbaal), Saul's son, was made king over Israel by Abner but was ultimately assassinated, leading to David's rule over all Israel.

    verses
    12
    first named
    2 Samuel 2:8
    last named
    1 Chronicles 9:39
    period
    United Monarchy
    tribe
    Benjamin

    Description

    Who was Ish-bosheth?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Ish-bosheth, also known as Eshbaal, was the fourth son of King Saul (1Ch.8.33, 9.39). After Saul's death, Abner, the commander of Saul's army, took Ish-bosheth and made him king over Israel, while David reigned over Judah (2Sa.2.8-10). Ish-bosheth was forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for two years.

    During his reign, there was a long war between the house of Saul and the house of David (2Sa.3.1). Abner became angry with Ish-bosheth and defected to David (2Sa.3.8-21). Later, two of Ish-bosheth's captains, Rechab and Baanah, assassinated him while he was resting in his bed. They brought his head to David, hoping for a reward, but David had them executed for their crime (2Sa.4.5-12).

    After Ish-bosheth's death, all the tribes of Israel came to David and acknowledged him as king over all Israel (2Sa.5.1-3). The name "Ish-bosheth" means "man of shame," while "Eshbaal" means "man of Baal." The name change may reflect the biblical writer's perspective on the contrast between Ish-bosheth's weak rule and David's divinely appointed kingship.

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    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Ish-bosheth10 of 22 entities the graph connects to Ish-bosheth, in 2 groups: kinship 2, events 8. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.SaulChild of · 327 versesJonathanSibling of · 82 versesKinshipIsrael2 events · 2,578 versesDavid4 events · 964 versesBenjamin2 events · 166 versesEphraim1 event · 159 versesDelivery1 event · 106 versesGilead1 event · 90 versesAbner4 events · 53 versesAsher1 event · 46 versesEventsIsh-bosheth

    The 10 best-attested of 22 are drawn. All 22 are listed below.

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    and 2 more, ordered by how many events they share.

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    The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

    Where the story of Ish-bosheth happensThe one place the claims about Ish-bosheth reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Mahanaim. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Ish-bosheth there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Mahanaim
    United MonarchyThe one place the claims about Ish-bosheth reach

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    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 12, across 2 books. The name is written 13 times in them.

    1. 2 Samuel10 verses

      2:82:102:122:153:83:143:154:54:84:12

    2. 1 Chronicles2 verses

      8:339:39

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    via Rechab, Baanah, Beerothites, and Young Men’s killing of Ish-Bosheth, Rechab, and Baanah and Rechab and Baanah’s stabbing of Ish-BoshethBaanahA captain who murdered Ish-bosheth, Saul's son.via Rechab, Baanah, Beerothites, and Young Men’s killing of Ish-Bosheth, Rechab, and Baanah and Rechab and Baanah’s stabbing of Ish-BoshethRechabA captain of Ishbosheth's army, with his brother Baanahvia Abinadab and Jonathan, and 2 moreDeath of Men Of Israel, Jonathan, Abinadab, Malchi-Shua, and SaulDeath of Men Of Israel, Jonathan, Abinadab, Malchi-Shua, and Saul is an event attested across 5 verses, connecting 6 pageable entities.via Abinadab and Jonathan, and 2 moreMen Of Israel and Philistia’s death of Jonathan, Abinadab, Malchi-Shua, Saul, and Saul Three SonsMen Of Israel and Philistia’s death of Jonathan, Abinadab, Malchi-Shua, Saul, and Saul Three Sons is an event attested across 4 verses, connecting 6 pageable entities.via Armoni and Mephibosheth, and 1 moreRizpahConcubine of Saul; mother of Armoni and Mephiboshethvia Jonathan and MichalDavidAnointed king of Israel, ancestor of Jesus Christvia Michal and SaulSaul’s giving of MichalSaul’s giving of Michal is an event attested across 2 verses, connecting 3 pageable entities.via Rechab, Baanah, Beerothites, and Young Men’s killing of Ish-Bosheth, Rechab, and BaanahKillingKilling is a concept gathering 151 labelled instances in the text.via Jonathan and SaulAmalek’s death of Saul and JonathanAmalek’s death of Saul and Jonathan is an event attested across 4 verses, connecting 3 pageable entities.

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