2 Samuel 2:9

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

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KJV

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

ASV

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

YLT

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.

DBT

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

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And he made him king over Gilead,....

John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed

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The Ashurites - If the tribe of Asher, the verse indicates the order in which Abner recovered the different districts from the Philistines, and added them to the dominions of Ish-bosheth, beginning with Gilead, and then gradually adding, on the west of Jordan, first the territory of Asher as far as Carmel and the whole plain of Esdraelon, and then the country of Ephraim and Benjamin, being in fact all Israel, as distinguished from Judah; and this reconquest may have occupied five years. Ish-bosheths reign over Israel may not have been reckoned to begin until the conquest was complete.

Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)evangelical

Gilead - Largely so taken, for all the land of Israel beyond Jordan. Ashurites - That is, the tribe of Asher, as the Chaldee paraphrast and others understand it.

John Wesley· Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament, 1765evangelical

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Psalms 18:43
You have delivered me from the strife of the people; You have made me the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.
Numbers 32:1–42
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 19:18
Their territory included Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem,
Psalms 108:8
Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter.
Joshua 13:8–11
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:
Judges 1:32
So the Asherites lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land, because they did not drive them out.
Numbers 1:40
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,
Genesis 30:13
Leah said, “How happy I am! For the women call me happy.” So she named him Asher.
Genesis 25:3
Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were the Asshurites, the Letushites, and the Leummites.
Judges 20:1
Then all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the congregation assembled as one man before the LORD at Mizpah.
2 Samuel 3:21
Then Abner said to David, “Let me go at once, and I will gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may rule over all that your heart desires.” So David dismissed Abner, and he went in peace.
1 Kings 18:45
Meanwhile, the sky grew dark with clouds and wind, and a heavy rain began to fall. So Ahab rode away and went to Jezreel.

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Combat between Soldiers of Ish-bosheth and David — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866) — public domain

2 Samuel — David's reign in three movements — rise, fall, consequences — with the Davidic covenant (ch. 7) as the vertical spine down the centre. A covenant held through both rise and fall; a throne established for ever.

Canon: Old Testament
Author: Traditional: compilation by Nathan and Gad from Samuel's earlier records (1 Chr 29:29)
Date: Events c. 1010–970 BC; compilation during Solomon's early reign

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Joshua 19:18
Their territory included Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem,
leads to
- 1 Samuel 28:4
  The Philistines came together and camped at Shunem, while Saul gathered all Israel and camped at Gilboa.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 2 Kings 4:8
  One day Elisha went to Shunem, and a prominent woman who lived there persuaded him to have a meal. So whenever he would pass by, he would stop there to eat.
- 1 Kings 1:3
  Then they searched throughout Israel for a beautiful girl, and they found Abishag the Shunammite and brought her to the king.
- 1 Kings 21:1
  Some time later, Naboth the Jezreelite happened to own a vineyard in Jezreel next to the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
- 1 Kings 2:17
  Adonijah replied, “Please speak to King Solomon, since he will not turn you down. Let him give me Abishag the Shunammite as my wife.”
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Psalms 108:8
Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter.
leads to
- Genesis 49:10
  The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.
- Psalms 122:5
  For there the thrones of judgment stand, the thrones of the house of David.
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Judges 1:32
So the Asherites lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land, because they did not drive them out.
leads to
- Psalms 106:34–35
  They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them,

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