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2 Samuel 2:9

BenjaminEphraimGileadJezreel

7 Now then, be strong and courageous, for though Saul your lord is dead, the house of Judah has anointed me as their king.”

8 Meanwhile, Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, took Saul’s son Ish-bosheth, moved him to Mahanaim,

and made him king over Gilead, Asher, Jezreel, Ephraim, and Benjamin—over all Israel.

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

11 And the length of time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.

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BSB
and made him king over Gilead, Asher, Jezreel, Ephraim, and Benjamin—over all Israel.
KJV
And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.
WEB
He made him king over Gilead, over the Ashurites, over Jezreel, over Ephraim, over Benjamin, and over all Israel.
ASV
and he made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.
DARBY
and made him king over Gilead, and over the Asshurites, and over Jizreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.
BLB
And he made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.
ÅB
og gjorde ham til konge over Gilead og over asurittene og over Jisre'el og Efra'im og Benjamin og over hele Israel.
OTB
Og han gjorde ham til konge over Gilead, over Asjurittene, over Jisre’el, over Efraim, over Benjamin, ja, over hele Israel.
B1930
og gjorde ham til konge over Gilead og over asurittene og over Jisre'el og Efra'im og Benjamin og over hele Israel.

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Cross references

  • Numbers 32:1–42

    Now the Reubenites and Gadites, who had very large herds and flocks, surveyed the lands of Jazer and Gilead, and they saw that the region was suitable for livestock.

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  • Psalms 108:8

    Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter.

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  • Numbers 1:40

    From the sons of Asher, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,

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  • Joshua 19:18

    Their territory included Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem,

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  • Judges 1:32

    So the Asherites lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land, because they did not drive them out.

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  • Joshua 13:8–11

    The other half of Manasseh, along with the Reubenites and Gadites, had received the inheritance Moses had given them beyond the Jordan to the east, just as Moses the servant of the LORD had assigned to them:

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  • Genesis 30:13

    Leah said, “How happy I am! For the women call me happy.” So she named him Asher.

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