Then Abner was very angry over the words of Ish-bosheth and said, “(A)Am I a dog’s head that belongs to Judah? Today I show kindness 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. (B)May God do so to Abner, and more also, if (C)as the Lord has sworn to David, I do not accomplish this for him, 10 (D)to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul and to establish the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, (E)from Dan even to Beersheba.”

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