Sa mu el 282 the parallel reigns ? Several approaches have been suggested in the commentaries and we will survey here the most common 4 : a ) Some commentators suggest that the two years of Ishbosheth is a mistake ( Baldwin 1988 : 198 ) , or it is a later suspicious endeavor to introduce a scheme of chronology ( cf . Driver Smith 1951 : 268 – 269 ) . Other wis, it does not ; 242 : 1966 make sense that the people of Israel remain without a king for five and a half years after the assassinations of their king and chief commander . According to this approach, Ishbosheth really ruled over Israel for seven or seven and a half years as stated in David’s reign ( cf . Segal 1964 : 240 – 241 ) . b ) Others suggest that the two years during which Ishbosheth reigned over Israel correspond to the last two years of David’s seven and a half years rule over Judah at Hebron ( Soggin Willis 1982 : 294 ; Bar - Efrat 1996 II : 17 – 20 ; ; 48 – 42 : 1975 Alter : 204 ) . According to this suggestion, it ta...
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