2 Samuel 3:7 meaning and explanation
Meanwhile, Saul had a concubine named Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah. So Ish-bosheth questioned Abner, “Why did you sleep with my father’s concubine?”
2 Samuel 3:7, Berean Standard Bible
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The narrator sets the scene during the long war between the houses of Saul and David. Rizpah was a concubine of the late King Saul, and in the ancient world a king's concubine could carry political weight, since taking her could signal a claim to the throne.
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