Ish-bosheth

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Ish-bosheth is a biblical figure, a son of King Saul who briefly ruled part of Israel in opposition to David after Saul’s death.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Ish-bosheth canonical 11
Ishbaal 1
Jerubbesheth 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical figure
king of Israel
ageAtBeginningOfReign 40
alsoKnownAs Esh-baal
Ish-bosheth
surface form: Ishbaal
appointedBy Abner son of Ner
buriedBy David
conflict War between the house of Saul and the house of David
conflictWith Abner son of Ner
deathDescribedIn 2 Samuel 4
era biblical period
father Saul
gender male
givenName Ish-bosheth self-link
house House of Saul
killedBy Baanah son of Rimmon
Rechab son of Rimmon
languageOfName Hebrew
lengthOfReign 2 years
literaryCharacterIn Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible
mannerOfDeath assassination
mentionedIn 1 Chronicles
surface form: First Book of Chronicles

2 Samuel
surface form: Second Book of Samuel
mother Ahinoam daughter of Ahimaaz
nameMeaning man of shame (traditional interpretation)
opposed David
placeOfBurial Hebron
positionHeld king over Israel
king over the northern tribes of Israel
predecessor Saul
reignedOver Ashuri
Benjamin
Ephraim
Gilead
Northern Kingdom of Israel
surface form: Israel (excluding Judah)

Jezreel Valley
surface form: Jezreel
relative Abinadab
surface form: Abinadab son of Saul

Saul
surface form: Jonathan son of Saul

Malchi-shua son of Saul
religion ancient Israelite religion
residence Mahanaim
scripturalReference 1 Chronicles 8:33
1 Chronicles 9:39
2 Samuel 2:8–10
2 Samuel 3
2 Samuel 4
successor David
tribe Tribe of Benjamin

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Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

2 Samuel mainCharacter Ish-bosheth
King Saul child Ish-bosheth
Gideon alsoKnownAs Ish-bosheth
this entity surface form: Jerubbesheth
Ish-bosheth givenName Ish-bosheth self-link
Ish-bosheth alsoKnownAs Ish-bosheth
this entity surface form: Ishbaal
Abner supported Ish-bosheth
Abner madeKing Ish-bosheth
Abner wasAccusedBy Ish-bosheth
Saul child Ish-bosheth
Malchi-shua sibling Ish-bosheth
Merab hasSibling Ish-bosheth
Abinadab sibling Ish-bosheth
Abinadab relative Ish-bosheth