2Sa 4:1 | NET2full | STEP | When Ish Bosheth the son of Saul heard that Abner had died in Hebron , he was very disheartened , and all Israel was afraid .

‏ 2 Samuel 4:1

Ish Bosheth is killed

1 When Ish Bosheth ^{▼▼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. 4QSama and the LXX mistakenly read “Mephibosheth.”} the son of Saul heard that Abner had died in Hebron, he was very disheartened, ^{▼▼tn Heb “his hands went slack.”} and all Israel was afraid.