2Sa 4:1 | NETfull | 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

1 When Ish-bosheth ^{▼▼ 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.”} the son of Saul heard that Abner had died in Hebron, he was very disheartened, ^{▼▼ Heb “his hands went slack.”} and all Israel was afraid.