2 Samuel 2:9 “and made him king over Gilead, Asher, Jezreel, Ephraim, and Benjamin—o…”

2 Samuel 2:9

and made him king over Gilead, Asher, Jezreel, Ephraim, and Benjamin—over all Israel.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.

World English Bible

He made him king over Gilead, over the Ashurites, over Jezreel, over Ephraim, over Benjamin, and over all Israel.

American Standard Version

and he made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.

Geneva Bible 1599

And made him King ouer Gilead, and ouer the Ashurites, and ouer Izreel, and ouer Ephraim, and ouer Beniamin, and ouer al Israel.

Darby Translation

and made him king over Gilead, and over the Asshurites, and over Jizreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.

Young's Literal Translation

and causeth him to reign over Gilead, and over the Ashurite, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over Israel — all of it.

Bible in Basic English

And made him king over Gilead and the Asherites and over Jezreel and Ephraim and Benjamin, that is, over all Israel.

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Cross references

“Gilead”

Numbers 32:1–42 Joshua 13:8–11 Psalm 108:8

Numbers 32:1–42 · BSB

Now the Reubenites and Gadites, who had very large herds and flocks, surveyed the lands of Jazer and Gilead, and they saw that the region was suitable for livestock.

Joshua 13:8–11 · BSB

The other half of Manasseh, along with the Reubenites and Gadites, had received the inheritance Moses had given them beyond the Jordan to the east, just as Moses the servant of the LORD had assigned to them:

Psalm 108:8 · BSB

Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter.

“Ashurites”

Genesis 30:13 Numbers 1:40

Genesis 30:13 · BSB

Leah said, “How happy I am! For the women call me happy.” So she named him Asher.

Numbers 1:40 · BSB

From the sons of Asher, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,

“over Jezreel”

Joshua 19:18

Joshua 19:18 · BSB

Their territory included Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem,

Also

Judges 1:32

Judges 1:32 · BSB

So the Asherites lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land, because they did not drive them out.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

8Meanwhile, Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, took Saul’s son Ish-bosheth, moved him to Mahanaim,

10Saul’s son Ish-bosheth was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned for two years. The house of Judah, however, followed David.

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