Cross Reference 2 SAMUEL 2:10 ISHBOSHETH SAUL'S SON WAS FORTY YEARS OLD WHEN HE BEGAN TO REIGN OVER ISRAEL AND REIGNED TWO YEARS BUT THE HOUSE OF JUDAH FOLLOWED DAVID

{2 Samuel 2:10} Ishbosheth 378 Saul's 7586 son 1121 [was] forty 705 years 8141 old 1121 when he began to reign 4427 z8800 over x5921 Israel, 3478 and reigned 4427 z8804 two 8147 years. 8141 But x389 the house 1004 of Judah 3063 followed 310 x1961 David. 1732

two years:
Houbigant proposes to read shesh shanah, "six years" instead of shetayim shanim, "two years," of the text, which he contends is a solecism; for, in pure Hebrew, the words should be shetayim shanah; and this is the reading of twenty manuscripts; but two is acknowledged by all the versions and manuscripts yet collated. "Ishboshethª Saul'sª sonª [was] fortyª yearsª oldª when he began to reignª ° over¹ Israel,ª and reignedª ° twoª years.ª But¹ the houseª of Judahª followedª ¹ David.ª" {2Sm 2:10}