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2 Samuel 3:7-9
Lexham English Bible

7 Saul had had a concubine, and her name was Rizpah the daughter of Aiah. Then Ish-Bosheth[a] said to Abner, “Why did you have sex with[b] my father’s concubine?” 8 Abner became very angry[c] at the words of Ish-Bosheth, and he said, “Am I the head of a dog which is for Judah today? Do I not continue to show loyal love with the house of Saul your father, to his brothers, and to his friends? I have not let you fall into the hands of David, yet you have accused me of sin with this woman[d] today. 9 Thus may God punish Abner,[e] if I do not accomplish what Yahweh has sworn to David;[f]

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 3:7 Supported by some Hebrew and Greek manuscripts
  2. 2 Samuel 3:7 Literally “have you gone into”
  3. 2 Samuel 3:8 Literally “And it became hot for Abner very”
  4. 2 Samuel 3:8 Literally “you have called me into account with the guilt of the woman”
  5. 2 Samuel 3:9 Literally “may God do to Abner, and thus may he add to it”
  6. 2 Samuel 3:9 Literally “for as that Yahweh has sworn to David, so I will accomplish for him”
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