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and made him kingוַיַּמְלִכֵהוּoverאֶלGilead,הַגִּלְעָדand overוְאֶלthe Ashurites,הָאֲשׁוּרִיand overוְאֶלJezreel,יִזְרְעֶאלand overוְעַלEphraim,אֶפְרַיִםand overוְעַלBenjamin,בִּנְיָמִןand over allוְעַל כֻּלֹּהIsrael.יִשְׂרָאֵל
2 Samuel 2:9
Study it in the app“and made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 2:9, word by word
- and made him kingיַּמְלִכֵyamliche
make king
To set someone up as king, proclaim him and give him the throne.
Where else “yamliche” appears- Gileadגִּלְעָדgilad
Gilead
See it on the mapWhere else “gilad” appears- the Ashuritesאֲשׁוּרִיashuri
Ashurites
A people or region of Saul's time, perhaps Asher.
Where else “ashuri” appears- Jezreelיִזְרְעֶאלyizrel
Jezreel
See it on the mapWhere else “yizrel” appears- Ephraimאֶפְרַיִםefrayim
Ephraim
Ephraim, the second son of Joseph; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later a name of the northern kingdom. The name sounds like "be fruitful".
Where else “efrayim” appears- Benjaminבִּנְיָמִןbinyamin
Benjamin
Benjamin, the youngest son of Jacob and Rachel; also the tribe that came from him and its land. The name means "son of the right hand".
Where else “binyamin” appears- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
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” appears
Translation note
“The Ashurites”: so the Hebrew says; it is not known for certain what group this is.
Places in this verse
1Gilead
Today: northern Jordan, east of the Jordan River
A hill region east of the Jordan River, in present-day Jordan.
Reuben, Gad and half of Manasseh settled there (Num 32:1, 33). Jephthah was from Gilead (Judg 11:1). Jeremiah spoke of its balm (Jer 8:22).
2Jezreel
Today: Zir'in and the Jezreel Valley, Israel
A city and valley in northern Israel, between Galilee and Samaria.
There Ahab and Jezebel took Naboth's vineyard (1 Kgs 21:1-16), and Jezebel died there (2 Kgs 9:30-37).
The context
8But Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, had taken Ish-bosheth son of Saul and brought him over to Mahanaim,
9 · This verse (above)
10Ish-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.