2 Samuel 2:8-12

2:8

Abner <074> [Abner.]

[Saul's host. Heb. the host which was Saul's. Ish-bosheth.]

[Esh-baal. Mahanaim.]

2:9

Gilead <01568> [Gilead.]

Geshurites <0805> [Ashurites.]

The LXX. read [ ,] {Thasiri;} and the Vulgate {Gessuri,} "Geshurites;" but it is probable that for {ashuri,} "Ashurites," we should read {ashairi,} "Asherites," or those of the tribe of Asher.

Jezreel <03157> [over Jezreel.]

2:10

years ............ two years <08141 08147> [two years.]

Houbigant proposes to read {shesh shanah,} "six years" instead of {shetayim shanim,} "two years," of the text, which he contends is a solecism; for, in pure Hebrew, the words should be {shetayim shanah;} and this is the reading of twenty MSS.; but two is acknowledged by all the versions and MSS. yet collated.

2:11

<04557> [time. Heb. number of days.]

2:12

Mahanaim <04266> [A.M. 2951. B.C. 1053. An. Ex. Is. 438. Mahanaim.]

Gibeon <01391> [Gibeon.]