2 Samuel 3:2-11

Legacy Standard Bible

^2 (A)And sons were born to David at Hebron: his firstborn was Amnon, by ^(B)Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; ³ and his second, Chileab, by Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of ^(C)Maacah, the daughter of Talmai king of ^(D)Geshur; ⁴ and the fourth, ^(E)Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital; ⁵ and the sixth, Ithream, by David’s wife Eglah. These were born to David at Hebron.

Abner Cuts a Covenant with David

⁶ Now it happened, while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David that ^(F)Abner was making himself strong in the house of Saul. ⁷ Now Saul had a concubine whose name was ^(G)Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah; and ^[a]Ish-bosheth said to Abner, “Why have you gone in to my father’s concubine?” ⁸ Then Abner was very angry over the words of Ish-bosheth and said, “^(H)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. ^9 (I)May God do so to Abner, and more also, if ^(J)as Yahweh has sworn to David, I do not do this for him, ^10 (K)to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul and to establish the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, ^(L)from Dan even to Beersheba.” ¹¹ And he could no longer respond a word to Abner, because he was afraid of him.