2 Samuel 2:6-10
2 Samuel 2:6
And now may the Lord show kindness and truth to you; and I also will show this goodness to you, because you have done this thing.
2 Samuel 2:7
Now then, let your hands be strong and be valiant, since Saul your lord is dead, and also the house of Judah has anointed me king over them.” Ish-bosheth Made King over Israel
2 Samuel 2:8
But Abner the son of Ner, commander of Saul’s army, had taken Ish-bosheth the son of Saul and brought him over to Mahanaim.
2 Samuel 2:9
And he made him king over Gilead, over the Ashurites, over Jezreel, over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, even over all Israel.
2 Samuel 2:10
Ish-bosheth, Saul’s son, was forty years old when he became king over Israel, and he was king for two years. The house of Judah, however, followed David.