8. Abner the son of Ner had been the general of Saul's army. He took Saul's son Ishbosheth across the River Jordan to Mahanaim
9. and made him king of Israel, including the areas of Gilead, Asher, Jezreel, Ephraim, and Benjamin.
10. Ishbosheth was forty years old at the time, and he ruled for two years. But the tribe of Judah made David their king,
11. and he ruled from Hebron for seven and a half years.
12. One day, Abner and the soldiers of Ishbosheth left Mahanaim and went to Gibeon.