²⁹ And of the sons of Benjamin, brethren of Saul, `are' three thousand, and hitherto their greater part are keeping the charge of the house of Saul.

⁸ And Abner, son of Ner, head of the host which Saul hath, hath taken Ish-Bosheth, son of Saul, and causeth him to pass over to Mahanaim,

⁹ and causeth him to reign over Gilead, and over the Ashurite, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over Israel -- all of it.

² armed with bow, right and left handed, with stones, and with arrows, with bows, of the brethren of Saul, of Benjamin.

²³ and he taketh his brethren with him, and pursueth after him a journey of seven days, and overtaketh him in the mount of Gilead.