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Ish-bosheth (Hebrew: אִישׁ־בֹּשֶׁת , romanized: ʼĪš-bōšeṯ, "man of shame"), also called Eshbaal (אֶשְׁבַּעַל , ’Ešba‘al; alternatively spelled Ishbaal, "man of Baal") was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the Jewish monarch and the second king of the United Kingdom of Israel.
Ish-bosheth (also called Eshba'al, Ashba'al, or Ishbaal ), was the second king of Israel, succeeding his father Saul after his death at the Battle of Mount Gilboa. He reigned for several years from the city of Mahanaim the late eleventh century B.C.E., facing a civil war led by the future king David and his powerful general Joab .
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ISH-BOSHETH. ish-bo'-sheth ('ish-bosheth, "man of shame" Iesbosthe): Called 'eshba`al, "man of Baal" ( 1 Chronicles 8:33 ), and yishwi, "man of Yahweh" (?), perhaps for 'isheyo ( 1 Samuel 14:49 ). Compare ESHBAAL and ISHVI (the King James Version "Ishui").
Seizing the youngest but only surviving of Saul's sons, Ish-bosheth, also called Eshbaal, Abner set him up as king over Israel at Mahanaim, east of the Jordan. David, who was accepted as king by Judah alone, was meanwhile reigning at Hebron, and for some time war was carried on between the two parties.
Ish Bosheth: (914-872 BCE) Son of King Saul. Following his father's death, he ruled for two years, fighting with David for the right to the throne. He gradually lost the support of the people, until his own general, Abner, swore allegiance to David. Ish Bosheth was ultimately murdered by two of his own captains.
The assassination of Abner prompted two of his captains, Baanah and Rechab, to slay Ish-bosheth. Entering the palace under the pretext of getting wheat (according to the Greek text they entered while the woman at the gate was sleeping over her task of cleansing the wheat), they slew him while he was on his bed. But David, to whom they carried ...
Ish-boh´shith; Heb., “man of shame” The fourth son of Saul ( 2Sam 3:14-15 ). This version of his name appears in the book of Samuel and is, according to most modern scholars, a theologically corrected reading of the original name Eshbaal (“gift of Baal”), which is preserved in ( 1Chr 8:33 and 1Chr 9:39 ).
