Esh-ba’al.(Baal’s man).1Ch 8:33; 1Ch 9:39. The same as Ish-bosheth.
Fausset's Bible Dictionaryby Andrew Robert Fausset (1878)↑
("Baal’s man".) Saul’s youngest son (1Ch 8:33; 1Ch 9:39); Bosheth ("shame") being substituted for Baal through the believing Israelites’ contempt of idols, Ishbosheth is its equivalent (Isa 44:9, etc.; Hos 9:10),
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