ish-boshet · Ish-bosheth

What it means

ish-boshet (אִישׁ־בֹּשֶׁת) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “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.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• 2 Samuel 2:8

  But Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, had taken Ish-bosheth son of Saul and brought him over to Mahanaim,

• 2 Samuel 2:10

  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.

• 2 Samuel 2:12

  Abner son of Ner and the servants of Ish-bosheth son of Saul went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

• 2 Samuel 2:15

  So they arose and crossed over by number: twelve for Benjamin and for Ish-bosheth son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.

• 2 Samuel 3:8

  Abner was very angry over the words of Ish-bosheth, and he said, “Am I a dog’s head that belongs to Judah? Today I am doing loyal love with the house of Saul your father, with his brothers and with his companions, and I have not handed you over into the hand of David; and you call me to account today for the iniquity of the woman?

• 2 Samuel 3:14

  David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth son of Saul, saying, “Give me my wife, Michal, whom I betrothed to myself for a hundred foreskins of the Philistines.”

• 2 Samuel 3:15

  Ish-bosheth sent and took her from her husband, from Paltiel son of Laish.

• 2 Samuel 4:5

  The sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, set out and came in the heat of the day to the house of Ish-bosheth, as he was lying down for the midday rest.

• 2 Samuel 4:8

  They brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David at Hebron, and said to the king, “Here is the head of Ish-bosheth son of Saul, your enemy, who sought your life. YHWH has given my lord the king vengeance this day on Saul and on his offspring.”

• 2 Samuel 4:12

  David commanded the young men, and they killed them and cut off their hands and their feet and hanged them beside the pool in Hebron. But the head of Ish-bosheth they took and buried in the tomb of Abner in Hebron.

And 12 more times.