Ishbosheth

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Ish-bosheth
     man of shame or humiliation, the youngest of Saul's four sons,
     and the only one who survived him (2 Sam. 2-4). His name was
     originally Eshbaal (1 Chr. 8:33; 9:39). He was about forty years
     of age when his father and three brothers fell at the battle of
     Gilboa. Through the influence of Abner, Saul's cousin, he was


     acknowledged as successor to the throne of Saul, and ruled over
     all Israel, except the tribe of Judah (over whom David was
     king), for two years, having Mahanaim, on the east of Jordan, as
     his capital (2 Sam. 2:9). After a troubled and uncertain reign
     he was murdered by his guard, who stabbed him while he was
     asleep on his couch at mid-day (2 Sam. 4:5-7); and having cut
     off his head, presented it to David, who sternly rebuked them
     for this cold-blooded murder, and ordered them to be immediately
     executed (9-12).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Ishbosheth, a man of shame