2 ⁸ Meanwhile Saul's commander-in-chief, Abner son of Ner, had taken Saul's son Ishbosheth, brought him across the Jordan to Mahanaim, 2 ⁹ and made him king over Gilead, the Asherites, Jezreel, Ephraim, and Benjamin, and all Israel. 2 ¹⁰ Ishbosheth was forty years old when he became king over Israel, and he reigned two years. The tribe of Judah, however, followed David. 2 ¹¹ David's rule over Judah in Hebron lasted seven years and a half.