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Now Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul’s army, had taken Ishbosheth the son of Saul and brought him over to Mahanaim.
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Verse 8. Camp. Hebrew Machanayim, which many take for a proper name ( Calmet.) of the town, on the river Jabok, where Jacob had encamped. Genesis 32:2. Bible.—Abner was aware that he should not retain his authority under David, and therefore conducted Isboseth to the camps in various places, ( Menochius.) but chiefly on the east side of the Jordan, ( Bible. verse 29.) where the people were particularly attached to Saul’s family. Isboseth seems to have been a fit tool for his purpose.
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