2 Samuel 2:8-11

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

⁸ Now Abner son of Ner, commander of Saul’s army, took Ish-bosheth son of Saul and brought him over to Mahanaim.

⁹ And he made him king over Gilead, the Ashurites, Jezreel, Ephraim, Benjamin, and all Israel.

¹⁰ Ish-bosheth, Saul’s son, was forty years old when he began his two-year reign over Israel. But the house of Judah followed David.

¹¹ And David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah for seven years and six months.