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Saul had a concubine[a] named Rizpah (Aiah’s daughter). Ishbosheth asked Abner, “Why did you have sex with my father’s concubine?”

Ishbosheth’s question made Abner very angry. “Have I been behaving like some Judean dog?”[b] he asked. “Until now I’ve been faithful to your father Saul’s family, to his relatives and friends, and I haven’t handed you over to David. But now you charge me with a crime because of this woman. May Elohim strike me dead unless I do for David what Yahweh had promised him with an oath:

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 3:7 A concubine is considered a wife except she has fewer rights under the law.
  2. 2 Samuel 3:8 English equivalent difficult.

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