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).