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Abner Cuts a Covenant with David

Now it happened, while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David that (A)Abner was making himself strong in the house of Saul. Now Saul had a concubine whose name was (B)Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah; and [a]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, “(C)Am I a dog’s head that belongs to Judah? Today I show lovingkindness 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.

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  1. 2 Samuel 3:7 As in some ancient mss and versions; M.T. he