269 David Becomes King him over most of the sections of Saul’s kingdom, as recorded by the narrator ( 2 Sam 2 : 8 – 11 ) : Yet, Abner, son of Ner, the supreme commander of Saul’s army, has taken Ishbosheth , son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim . And he made him king of Gilead, the Asherite, Jezreel, Ephraim, and Benjamin, as well as over all Israel . - - - The house of Judah, however, followed David . Since the Philistines cannot afford to spread their military forces all over the Israelite territory, they reduce their ruling method to sporadically sending military units to various parts of Saul’s kingdom to demonstrate their superiority and rule . Abner takes advantage of the situation and crowns Ishbosheth, son of Saul as king over the various districts belonging to his father’s kingdom . Yet Abner does not want the Philistines to capture the new king and he does not want to put Ishbosheth in harm’s way if they return to the previous capital Gibeat Saul, it is also too clos...
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