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2 Samuel 3:8

Samuel 3:8"> 8 Y enojóse Abner en gran manera por las palabras de Is-boseth, y dijo: ¿Soy yo cabeza de perros respecto de Judá? Yo he hecho hoy misericordia con la casa de Saúl tu padre, con sus hermanos, y con sus amigos, y no te he entregado en las manos de David: ¿y

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Abner;   Conspiracy;   Dog (Sodomite?);   Ish-Bosheth;   Proverbs;   Treason;   Thompson Chain Reference - Ish-Bosheth;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Dog, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Rizpah;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Abishag;   Abner;   Concubine;   Oath;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Evil;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Dog;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Abner;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ishbosheth ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - David;   Dog;   Dwelling;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Dog,;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Fault;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Abner;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Dog;   Ish-Bosheth;  

Parallel Translations

La Biblia de las Americas
Entonces Abner se enojó mucho por las palabras de Is-boset, y dijo: ¿Acaso soy yo cabeza de perro que pertenece a Judá? Hoy he mostrado bondad hacia la casa de tu padre Saúl, hacia sus hermanos y hacia sus amigos, y no te he entregado en manos de David; sin embargo, tú me acusas hoy de una ofensa con esta mujer.
La Biblia Reina-Valera Gomez
Y se enojó Abner en gran manera por las palabras de Isboset, y dijo: żSoy yo cabeza de perro (que respecto a Judá he hecho hoy misericordia a la casa de Saúl tu padre, a sus hermanos, y a sus amigos, y no te he entregado en las manos de David), para que tú hoy me hagas cargo de pecado acerca de esta mujer?
Sagradas Escrituras (1569)
Y se enojó Abner en gran manera por las palabras de Is-boset, y dijo: żSoy yo cabeza de perros respecto de Judá? Yo he hecho hoy misericordia con la casa de Saúl tu padre, con sus hermanos, y con sus amigos, y no te he entregado en las manos de David; ży tú me haces hoy cargo del pecado de esta mujer?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Abner: Psalms 76:10, Mark 6:18, Mark 6:19

Amos I a dog's head: This was a proverbial expression among the Hebrews to denote whatever was deemed worthless and contemptible. Something similar to this was the answer of the Turkish commander at Beer, on the Euphrates, to a request made to see the castle. "Do they," said he, "take me for a child, or an ass's head, that they would feed me with sweet meats, and dupe me with a bit of cloth? No, they shall not see the castle." 2 Samuel 9:8, 2 Samuel 16:9, Deuteronomy 23:18, 1 Samuel 24:14, 1 Samuel 24:15, 2 Kings 8:13

do show: 2 Samuel 3:9, 2 Samuel 3:18, 2 Samuel 5:2, 1 Samuel 15:28, Psalms 2:1-4, Isaiah 37:23, Acts 9:4, Acts 9:5

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 17:43 - Am 1 Samuel 26:5 - Abner 2 Samuel 2:8 - Ishbosheth 2 Samuel 3:24 - What hast

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ishbosheth,.... If false he had a good deal of reason for it; and if true, he thought he deserved better at his hands, than to be reproved for and upbraided with what he might think was a very small fault, and might easily be connived at, and especially in one that had been so serviceable to him:

and said, [am] I a dog's head; such a mean, vile, contemptible person with thee, as if no better than a dog, and as useless and as unserviceable as a dead dog, the head of a dog cut off; see 1 Samuel 24:14 2 Samuel 9:8; or am I esteemed and to be treated as a head of dogs, a keeper of a pack of hounds, and not as a general of the armies of Israel? so Jarchi and others; but it seems rather to respect the filthy nature of a dog, that will couple with any; and so the sense is, am I such a filthy lustful creature that care not with whom I lie, no more, than a dog?

which against Judah do show kindness to the house of Saul thy father,

to his brethren, and to his friends; who in opposition to the tribe of Judah, which alone abode by David, had shown respect to the family of Saul, and all his friends, by his close attachment to Ishbosheth:

and have not delivered thee into the hand David; when it was in his power to have done it many a tithe:

that thou chargest me today with a fault concerning this woman? he neither denies nor owns the charge, and yet, by his not denying it, tacitly owns it; though, by his way of speaking, he suggests as if it was no fault at all, at least a very trifling one, and such as ought not to have been mentioned to him, considering the services he had done to Ishbosheth and his family.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The words against Judah are very obscure. If the text be correct, the words would seem to be Ish-bosheth’s, who in his anger had charged Abner with being a vile partisan of Judah: Abner retorts, “Am I (as you say) a dog’s head which belongeth to Judah, or on Judah’s side! This day I show you kindness, etc., and this day thou chargest me with a fault, etc.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Samuel 3:8. Am I a dog's head — Dost thou treat a man with indignity who has been the only prop of thy tottering kingdom, and the only person who could make head against the house of David?


 
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