Ish-bosheth
    man of shame or humiliation, the youngest of Saul's four sons,
    and the only one who survived him (2 Sam. 2-4). His name was
    originally Eshbaal (1 Chr. 8:33; 9:39). He was about forty years
    of age when his father and three brothers fell at the battle of
    Gilboa. Through the influence of Abner, Saul's cousin, he was
    acknowledged as successor to the throne of Saul, and ruled over
    all Israel, except the tribe of Judah (over whom David was
    king), for two years, having Mahanaim, on the east of Jordan, as
    his capital (2 Sam. 2:9). After a troubled and uncertain reign
    he was murdered by his guard, who stabbed him while he was
    asleep on his couch at mid-day (2 Sam. 4:5-7); and having cut
    off his head, presented it to David, who sternly rebuked them
    for this cold-blooded murder, and ordered them to be immediately
    executed (9-12).



 Ishbosheth, a man of shame