The Bible — notes and cross-references in Second Samuel | Interpretation and commentary to chapter 2

2:1^a inquired

1 Sam. 22:10; 23:2, 4; 2 Sam. 5:19
2:1^b Hebron

2 Sam. 2:11; Josh. 14:13; 1 Sam. 30:31
2:2^a wives

1 Sam. 25:42-43
2:4¹ anointed

See note 2 Sam. 5:3¹.
2:4^a king

2 Sam. 5:3; Acts 13:22
2:4^b Jabesh-gilead

Judg. 21:8; 1 Sam. 11:1; 31:11
2:6¹ repay

Lit., do you this good.
2:8^a Abner

1 Sam. 14:50
2:8¹ Ish-bosheth

Meaning man of shame. It is a deliberate alteration of his given name, Eshbaal, in 1 Chron. 8:33.
2:11^a seven

2 Sam. 5:5; 1 Chron. 3:4
2:13^a Joab

2 Sam. 8:16
2:18^a Joab

1 Chron. 2:16
2:23^a struck

cf. 2 Sam. 3:27
2:29¹ Bithron

The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain; others translate, the morning.