2 Samuel 2:10

Plain English Version

Ishbosheth was 40 years old at the time he became boss over those Israel tribes, and he was their boss for 2 years. But the Judah tribe made David their boss.

Cross References

2 Samuel 2:11

David was boss for 7 years and 6 months in Hebron town. (We have not yet translated 2:12-32. It is about a fight between David’s mob and the mob that wanted Saul’s son to be their boss.)

2 Samuel 2:8

At that same time Abner got up. He was Ner’s son, and he used to be the boss of Saul’s soldiers. He got up and went to a man called Ishbosheth. He was one of Saul’s sons. Abner took him to a place called Mahanayim,

2 Samuel 2:9

and made him boss of all the other tribes of the Israel nation. So he was boss for the Gilead mob, and for the Asher mob, and for the Jezreel mob, and for the Ephraim mob, and for the Benjamin mob.