6. Now may the Lord show you true kindness! I also will reward you, because you have done this deed.
7. Now be courageous and prove to be valiant warriors, for your lord Saul is dead. The people of Judah have anointed me as king over them.”
8. Now Abner son of Ner, the general in command of Saul’s army, had taken Saul’s son Ish-bosheth and had brought him to Mahanaim.
9. He appointed him king over Gilead, the Geshurites, Jezreel, Ephraim, Benjamin, and all Israel.