אִישׁ־בֹּשֶׁתʼÎysh-Bôsheth
proper name, masculine: Ishbosheth
Pronunciation: eesh-bo'-sheth · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H378
Meanings
1. son of Saul, & king of Israel, with David as rival (2 Samuel 2:8; 2 Samuel 2:10; 2 Samuel 2:12)
2. one of David's heroes (2 Samuel 23:8; 1 Chronicles 11:11; 1 Chronicles 27:2)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 22 times in the Bible.
- 2 Samuel 2:8 But Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, had already gone to Mahanaim with Saul’s son Ishbosheth.
- 2 Samuel 2:10 Ishbosheth, Saul’s son, was forty years old when he became king, and he ruled from Mahanaim for two years. Meanwhile, the people of Judah remained loyal to David.
- 2 Samuel 2:12 One day Abner led Ishbosheth’s troops from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
- 2 Samuel 2:15 So twelve men were chosen to fight from each side—twelve men of Benjamin representing Ishbosheth son of Saul, and twelve representing David.
- 2 Samuel 3:8 Abner was furious. “Am I some Judean dog to be kicked around like this?” he shouted. “After all I have done for your father, Saul, and his family and friends by not handing you over to David, is this my reward—that you find fault with me about this woman?
- 2 Samuel 3:14 David then sent this message to Ishbosheth, Saul’s son: “Give me back my wife Michal, for I bought her with the lives of 100 Philistines.”
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).