Study it in the app“Ish-bosheth son of Saul was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned two years. Only the house of Judah followed David.”
Ish-boshethאִישׁ בֹּשֶׁתsonבֶּןof Saulשָׁאוּלwasfortyאַרְבָּעִיםyearsשָׁנָהoldבֶּןwhen he began to reignבְּמָלְכוֹoverעַלIsrael,יִשְׂרָאֵלand he reignedוּ מָלָךְtwoשְׁתַּיִםyears.שָׁנִיםOnlyאַךְthe houseבֵּיתof Judahיְהוּדָהfollowedהָיוּ אַחֲרֵיDavid.דָוִד
Ish-bosheth
Ish-bosheth, a son of Saul whom Abner made king over Israel after his father's death (2 Samuel 2-4). The name means "man of shame"; in 1 Chronicles 8:33 he is called Eshbaal.
Where else “ish” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appearsSaul
Saul, the name of several people. The best known is the son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin, the first king of Israel. A king of Edom and a son of Simeon also bear it. It means "asked for".
Where else “shaul” appearsforty
Forty.
Where else “arbaim” appearsage
The years of a person's life.
Where else “shana” appearsreign
To be king of a people, or to begin ruling it as king.
Where else “malch” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearstwo
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shetayim” appearsdynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “bet” appearsJudah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayu” appearsDavid
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears9and made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.
10 · This verse (above)
11And the number of the days that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
