Tags: Monarch.
According to the Hebrew Bible Ish-bosheth (אִֽישְׁבֹּ֫שֶׁת; Standard: Ishbóshet; Tiberian: ʼΚbṓšeṯ) also called Eshbaal (אֶשְׁבַּ֫עַל; Standard: Eshbáʻal; Tiberian: ʼEšbáʻal) Ashbaal or Ishbaal was one of the four sons of King Saul born c. 1047 BC. Ish-bosheth was chosen as the second king over the Kingdom of Israel which then consisted of all the twelve tribes of the Israelites after the death of his father and three brothers at the Battle of Mount Gilboa.
