2Sam.2.9

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.

Ish-bosheth Made King of Israel

Cross References

Joshua 22:9

KJV

¶ And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go unto the country of Gilead, to the land of their possession, whereof they were possessed, according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses.

The Altar of Witness

Tribes beyond Jordan Return

Judges 1:32

KJV

But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: for they did not drive them out.

The Failure to Complete the Conquest

1 Samuel 29:1

KJV

Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which is in Jezreel.

The Philistines Reject David

2 Samuel 2:10

KJV

Ish-bosheth Saul’s son was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David.

Ish-bosheth Made King of Israel

2 Samuel 3:6

KJV

¶ And it came to pass, while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David, that Abner made himself strong for the house of Saul.

Abner Joins David

1 Chronicles 12:29

KJV

And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept the ward of the house of Saul.

2 Samuel 2:9

And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.

Ish-bosheth Made King of Israel

Cross References

The Altar of Witness

Tribes beyond Jordan Return

The Failure to Complete the Conquest

The Philistines Reject David

Ish-bosheth Made King of Israel

Abner Joins David

Abner Joins David

David’s Army Grows at Hebron