Verse Lens · Context pointer
2 Samuel 2:8 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 8. 8But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul’s host, took Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;
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Role in This Section
2 Samuel 2:8 contributes this particular line to the movement: “But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul’s host, took Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and brought…”.
Read It With
- 2 Samuel 2:8–11
Read 2 Samuel 2:8 with 2:8–11. 2 Samuel 2:8 advances “Abner Establishes Ishbosheth over Israel” through the concrete textual step “But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul’s host, took Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and brought…”. The complete unit establishes this movement: Abner makes Saul's son Ishbosheth king over a broad Israelite realm while David reigns over Judah from Hebron.
Why It Needs Context
2 Samuel 2:8 depends on 2:8–11; isolating “But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul’s host, took Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and brought…” would detach a supporting action, quotation, name, number, or transition from “Abner Establishes Ishbosheth over Israel.”
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read 2 Samuel 2:8–11 — Abner Establishes Ishbosheth over IsraelSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage.
Exact location: 2 Samuel 2:8-11, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 2 Samuel
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording, morphology, repeated verbs, names, syntax, and the base text behind translation and textual discussion.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/2Sam.xml, 2:8-11
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