2 Samuel 3:6-8

Contemporary English Version

Abner Decides To Help David

⁶ As the war went on between the families of David and Saul, Abner was gaining more power than ever in Saul's family. ⁷ He had even slept with a wife^[a] of Saul by the name of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah. But Saul's son Ishbosheth^[b] told Abner, “You shouldn't have slept with one of my father's wives!”

⁸ Abner was very angry because of what Ishbosheth had said, and he told Ishbosheth:

Am I some kind of worthless dog from Judah? I've always been loyal to your father's family and to his relatives and friends. I haven't turned you over to David. And yet you talk to me as if I've committed a crime with this woman.