Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ishbosheth, and said, Am I a [a]dog’s head, which against Judah do show mercy this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his neighbors, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David, that thou chargest me this day with a fault concerning this woman?

[b]So do God to Abner, and more also, except, as the Lord hath sworn to David, even so I do to him,

10 To remove the kingdom from the house of Saul, that the throne of David may be established over Israel, and over Judah, even from Dan to Beersheba.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 3:8 Dost thou esteem me no more than a dog, for all my service done to thy father’s house?
  2. 2 Samuel 3:9 We see how the wicked cannot abide to be admonished of their faults, but seek their displeasure, which go about to bring them from their wickedness.

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