⁸ Abner was very angry because of what Ish-Bosheth said. So he answered, “Am I a dog’s head^(A)—on Judah’s side? This very day I am loyal to the house of your father Saul and to his family and friends. I haven’t handed you over to David. Yet now you accuse me of an offense involving this woman!

¹⁶ Her husband, however, went with her, weeping behind her all the way to Bahurim.^(A) Then Abner said to him, “Go back home!” So he went back.