2 Samuel 2:9
And made him king over Galaad, and, over Gessuri, and over Jezrahel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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Genesis 30:13And Lia said: This is for my happiness: for women will call me blessed. Therefore she called him Aser.
Numbers 32:1And the sons of Ruben and Gad had many flocks of cattle, and their substance in beasts was infinite. And when they saw the lands of Jazer and Galaad fit for feeding cattle,
Joshua 16:5And the border of the children of Ephraim was according to their kindreds: and their possession towards the east was Ataroth-addar unto Beth-horon the upper.
Joshua 16:9And there were cities with their villages separated for the children of Ephraim in the midst of the possession of the children of Manasses.
Joshua 18:11And first came up the lot of the children of Benjamin by their families, to possess the land between the children of Juda, and the children of Joseph.
Joshua 19:18And his inheritance was Jezrael and Casaloth and Sunem,
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 2:9-18
A Civil War in Israel. ( b. c. 1053.) 8 But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, took Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim; 9 And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel. 10 Ishbosheth Saul's son was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David. 11 And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years… Read the whole commentary →