Study Desk

Now Saul had a concubine whose name was ^(h)Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah; and ^[b]Ish-bosheth said to Abner, "Why have you gone in to my father's concubine?"

Then Abner was very angry over the words of Ish-bosheth and said, "⁽ⁱ⁾Am I a dog's head that belongs to Judah? Today I show kindness to the house of Saul your father, to his brothers and to his friends, and have not delivered you into the hands of David; and yet today you charge me with a guilt concerning the woman.

^(j)May God do so to Abner, and more also, if ^(k)as the Lord has sworn to David, I do not accomplish this for him,

^(l)to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul and to establish the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, ^(m)from Dan even to Beersheba."

And he could no longer answer Abner a word, because he was afraid of him.