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Strong's #378 - אִישׁ־בּשֶׁת
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Ishbosheth = “man of shame”
1) surviving son of Saul, king of Israel for 7 years while David was king over Judah; succeeded by David who united the kingdom
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1 son of Saul, & king of Israel, with David as rival 2 Samuel 2:8,10,12,15; 2 Samuel 3:8,14,15; 2 Samuel 4:5,8 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 4:12; also 2 Samuel 4:1; 2 Samuel 4:2 ᵐ5 Dr compare We; = אֶשְׁבָּ֑עַל 1 Chronicles 8:33; 1 Chronicles 9:39; compare also
2 2 Samuel 23:8, where read אשׁבשׁת for ישׁב בשׁבת so ᵐ5 We Dr; one of David's heroes; see יָשָׁבְעָם 1 Chronicles 11:11; 1 Chronicles 27:2.
אִישׁ־בּשֶׁת (“man of shame,” i.e. shaming himself, perhaps bashful), [Ish-bosheth], pr.n. of a son of Saul, who after the death of his father and brothers governed eleven tribes for two years in opposition to David. -2Sa 24:1-25.
