This battle was part of a civil war between David and Ish-bosheth, the son of Saul.

Soon after Abner's death, Ish-bosheth was assassinated as he slept ( 2 Samuel 4 ), and David became king of the reunited kingdoms ( 2 Samuel 5 ).

The succession to his throne was contested by Ish-bosheth, his only surviving son, and his son-in-law David, who eventually prevailed.

Ish-bosheth reigned for two years and was killed by two of his own captains.

After the death of Saul, all the tribes other than Judah remained loyal to the House of Saul, but after the death of Ish-bosheth, Saul's son and successor to the throne of Israel, the Tribe of Reuben joined the other northern Israelite tribes in making David, who was then the king of Judah, king of a re-united Kingdom of Israel.

After the death of Saul, all the tribes other than Judah remained loyal to the House of Saul, but after the death of Ish-bosheth, Saul's son and successor to the throne of Israel, the Tribe of Naphtali joined the other northern Israelite tribes in making David, who was then the king of Judah, king of a re-united Kingdom of Israel.

However, after the death of Ish-bosheth, Saul's son and successor to the throne of Israel, all the other Israelite tribes made David, who was then the king of Judah, king of a re-united Kingdom of Israel.

After the death of Saul, all the tribes other than Judah remained loyal to the House of Saul, but after the death of Ish-bosheth, Saul's son and successor to the throne of Israel, the Tribe of Ephraim joined the other northern Israelite tribes in making David, who was then the king of Judah, king of a re-united Kingdom of Israel.

After the death of Saul, all the tribes other than Judah remained loyal to the House of Saul, but after the death of Ish-bosheth, Saul's son and successor to the throne of Israel, the Tribe of Manasseh joined the other northern Israelite tribes in making David, who was then the king of Judah, king of a re-united Kingdom of Israel.

After the death of Saul, all the tribes other than Judah remained loyal to the House of Saul, but after the death of Ish-bosheth, Saul's son and successor to the throne of Israel, the Tribe of Benjamin joined the northern Israelite tribes in making David, who was then the king of Judah, king of a re-united Kingdom of Israel.

After the death of Saul, all the tribes other than Judah remained loyal to the House of Saul, but after the death of Ish-bosheth, Saul's son and successor to the throne of Israel, the Tribe of Dan joined the other northern Israelite tribes in making David, who was then the king of Judah, king of a re-united Kingdom of Israel.

After the death of Saul, all the tribes other than Judah remained loyal to the House of Saul, but after the death of Ish-bosheth, Saul's son and successor to the throne of Israel, the Tribe of Gad joined the other northern Israelite tribes in making David, who was then the king of Judah, king of a re-united Kingdom of Israel.

After the death of Saul, all the tribes other than Judah remained loyal to the House of Saul, and followed his son Ish-bosheth, but after Ish-bosheth's death, the Tribe of Asher joined the other northern Israelite tribes in making David, who was then the king of Judah, king of a re-united Kingdom of Israel.

In the Biblical narrative, around the start of the United Monarchy, the city was a stronghold that had been adapted to serve as a sanctuary for important fugitives ( 2 Samuel 18: 2 ); the narrative states that after King Saul died, Abner, the commander of Saul ’ s army, established Saul ’ s son, Ish-bosheth, in Mahanaim as king of Israel ( 2 Sam 2: 8 ).

According to the Hebrew Bible, Ish-bosheth (; Standard: ; Tiberian: ) also called Eshbaal (; Standard: ; Tiberian: ), Ashbaal or Ishbaal, was one of the four sons of King Saul, born c. 1047 BC.

In the Biblical story, Ish-bosheth was proclaimed king over Israel in 1007 BCE by Abner, the captain of Saul's army, at Mahanaim in Transjordan (), after his father and brothers were slain in the battle of Gilboa ().

Ish-bosheth was 40 years old at this time and reigned for two years.

Ish-bosheth was assassinated in c 1005 BCE by two of his own army-captains, Rechab and Baanah (), who expected a reward from David because of this.

Ish-bosheth was buried in Abner's grave at Hebron.

Ish-bosheth, Saul's son was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned two years ..." ()

Hence the continuing mystery about why the name was given to him ( Ish-bosheth ) in the first place.

() Later when David became king of Judah and Ish-bosheth Michal's brother ( and Saul's son ) was king of Israel, David demanded her return to him, in return for peace between them.

David, the second ( or third, if Ish-bosheth is counted ) King of Israel, established Jerusalem as its national capital 3, 000 years ago.

Seizing the youngest but only surviving of Saul's sons, Ish-bosheth, Abner set him up as king over Israel at Mahanaim, east of the Jordan.

Ish-bosheth became king of Israel, at the age of forty.

:"... Now Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, had taken Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim ; and he made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.

() David's terms for peace required that Michal ( Saul's daughter and Ish-bosheth's sister who had been David's wife before David and Saul fell out with each other ) be returned to him, which Ish-bosheth fulfilled.

The Malbim asserts that the name Ish-bosheth is utilized as a " cover " for Ashba ' al to deliberately differentiate itself from the Baal, so that the Baal not be mentioned explicitly, and that even the name Ashba ' al not to be directly associated with the actual idol of the similar sounding Baal name, even though linguistically they all have shared meanings.

There is a void in the Biblical account as to what happened to the kingship of the non-Judah tribes of the Israelites during the five years following the murder of Ish-bosheth, as the united kingship of David is dated as 1000 BCE.

Illustration from the Morgan Bible depicting the death of Ish-bosheth.

() After Abner's death Ish-bosheth seems to have given up hope of retaining power.

:"... Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ish-bosheth, as he took his rest at noon, and they came into the house, as though they would have fetched wheat ; and they struck him in the groin ; and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped ... And they brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David in Hebron, and said to the king: ' Behold the head of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul your enemy, who sought your life ; and the Lord has avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed ' ... And David answered ... '... shall I not now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?

At length, Ish-bosheth lost the main prop of his tottering cause by accusing Abner of sleeping with Rizpah ( cf.

The sons were Jonathan, Abinadab, Malchishua and Ish-bosheth.

* One of the two " captains of bands " whom Saul's son Ish-bosheth took into his service, and who conspired to kill him.

At Stettin the university-educated artist, who had studied German, was chosen to serve as interpreter and clerk in the office of the Stalag commander.

He was Papa's chosen ; ;

Betty Lou Ham, age 16, Holyoke, Mass., showing an Irish Setter, was chosen as International Champion of the year.

There was to be roast chicken with dressing, giblet gravy, asparagus, new peas with a sprig of mint, creamed onions, and mashed potatoes -- all chosen, prepared, and cooked by Viola herself.

One growth center in a short bone -- distal phalanx of the second finger -- was chosen as an example for discussion here, primarily because epiphyseal-diaphyseal fusion, the maturity indicator for Completion in long and short bones, occurs in this center for girls near the menarche and for boys near their comparable pubescent stage.

In 1914 when the town was chosen for the U. S. Amateur Golf tournament, a representative hurried here from the Boston manager's office.

The apostolic community was literally an elite: chosen by Christ himself.

The first speaker was Amos C. Barstow who had been unanimously chosen president of the meeting.

Bari was chosen as a depot, not only for its seeming safety, but because of its proximity to airfields.

) In 1610, Hudson was probably in his early forties, a good navigator, a stubborn voyager, but otherwise fatally unsuited to his chosen profession.

My hotel rooms on the trip were arranged by Masu and the Japan Travel Bureau and were more elegant than I would have chosen, but it was fun for once to be elegant -- I did explain to the students, however, that this was not my usual style, for their salaries are very small, and it seemed out of place for me to be housed so well.

When the Achaeans entertained Wednesday last at their annual Carnival masquerade ball, Miss Margaret Pierson was chosen to rule over the festivities, presented at the Muncipal Auditorium and chosen as her ladies in waiting were Misses Clayton Nairne, Eleanor Eustis, Lynn Chapman, Irwin Leatherman of Robinsonville, Miss. and Helene Rowley.

Each subject center library was chosen because of its demonstrated strength in a particular area, which headquarters could then build upon.

) He was the first astronaut on the moon, chosen because of his small size and intrepid nature.

Tmolus, the mountain-god, was chosen to umpire.

The size of the unit was chosen so that the units derived from it in the MKSA system would be conveniently sized.

After a comparison of the substances half-lives determined by Debierne, Hariett Brooks in 1904, and Otto Hahn and Otto Sackur in 1905, Debierne's chosen name for the new element was retained because it had seniority.

It was chosen by Poirot for its symmetry.

In this, the emperor was assisted by five chief lawyers: L. Fulvius Aburnius Valens, an author of legal treatises ; L. Volusius Maecianus, chosen to conduct the legal studies of Marcus Aurelius, and author of a large work on Fidei Commissa ( Testamentary Trusts ); L. Ulpius Marcellus, a prolific writer ; and two others.

The older son, Gesalec, was chosen king but his reign was disastrous.

His denunciation of the royal dynasty of Israel, and his emphatic insistence on the worship of Yahweh and Yahweh alone, illustrated by the contest between Yahweh and Baal on Mount Carmel, as told in 1 Kings 18, form the keynote to a period which culminated in the accession of Jehu, an event in which Elijah's chosen disciple Elisha was the leading figure.

It was recorded in St. Paul's, the chapel at Columbia University, chosen for the acoustics.