2 Samuel 3:8 meaning and explanation
Abner was furious over Ish-bosheth’s accusation. “Am I the head of a dog that belongs to Judah?” he asked. “All this time I have been loyal to the house of your father Saul, to his brothers, and to his friends. I have not delivered you into the hand of David, but now you accuse me of wrongdoing with this woman!
2 Samuel 3:8, Berean Standard Bible
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Abner, Saul's powerful army commander, answers Ish-bosheth, Saul's weak surviving son, who has accused him of sleeping with Saul's concubine Rizpah. Taking a king's concubine was a claim on the throne, so the charge was serious.
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