2 Samuel 4:1 New English Translation

4 When Ish Bosheth^[a] the son of Saul heard that Abner had died in Hebron, he was very disheartened,^[b] and all Israel was afraid.

2 Samuel 4:1 tn The MT does not specify the subject of the verb here, but the reference is to Ish Bosheth, so the name has been supplied in the translation for clarity. 4QSam^a and the LXX mistakenly read “Mephibosheth.”
2 Samuel 4:1 tn Heb “his hands went slack.”

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