and thou shalt be a captain over Israel; the Targum is,"and thou shalt be king over Israel; " which gives the true sense of the tribes, and which was the chief and prevailing reason with them to make him their king; and which they, at least many of them, would have done before, even immediately upon the death of Saul, but that they were persuaded by Abner to yield obedience to Ishbosheth he set up.
"Zwino Nṋe Yahavee Mulangazwoṱhe Mudzimu wa Israele ndi ri: Ndi mini ni tshi ḓihwesa khombo nngafhangafha nga u lozwa vhanna na vhasadzi na vhana na dzitshetshe kha ḽa Juda, na sala ni si tshee na tsalela dza vhathu? 8Ndi mini ni tshi ntsinyusa nga midzimu ye na ita nga zwanḓa zwaṋu, na dubisela miṅwe midzimu zwioro fhano Egipita, he na yo dzula hone?