2 Samuel 3:8-10

EasyEnglish Bible

⁸ Abner was very angry because of what Ish-Bosheth had said to him. Abner said, ‘Do you think that I am a useless dog that belongs to Judah? I have always been faithful to your father Saul and to his family and his friends. I have not deceived you to put you under David's power. But now you say that I am guilty of a sin with this woman. ⁹ So I promise you this! Now I will help David to get what the Lord has promised to him. I ask God to punish me if I do not help David! ¹⁰ The Lord promised that David's family would rule as kings instead of Saul's family. He promised that David would be king over all the people of Israel and Judah, from Dan to Beersheba.’^[a]