אֶשְׁבַּעַלʼEshbaʻal
proper name, masculine: Ishbosheth
Pronunciation: esh-bah'-al · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H792
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 2 times in the Bible.
- 1 Chronicles 8:33 Ner was the father of Kish. Kish was the father of Saul. Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malkishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal.
- 1 Chronicles 9:39 Ner was the father of Kish. Kish was the father of Saul. Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malkishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal.
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).