Sa mu el 338 witnesses, and try to glean more details on his background . In the MT of 2 Sam 23 : 8, instead of a name like Ishbaal, ’Eshba ʿ al, Ishbosheth, or similar, and instead of the formula X son of Y that mainly used in the heroes’ register ( sometimes with a locality or nationality qualifier This . ) ישב בשבת תחכמני ( added ) , we have josheb - basshebeth - takhemoni title seems to be a description of a man who used to sit in the sitting place of the sages ( such as the city gate ) . If it is a name, it is a very unusual one which means : “the sitter sitting in the sitting place of the wise” . Therefore scholars tend to follow old versions attesting that initially the version of Samuel has here the idolatrous name which contains the theophoric component ’Ishba ʿ al ( or the like ) , 8 ba ʿ al . This idolatrous component was replaced by a pious copyist or editor who probably changed the theophoric element to bosheth , so ’Ishba ʿ al, or a similar variant ) became ( אישבעל that ...
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