Now Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah; and Ishbosheth said to Abner, “Why have you gone in to my father’s concubine?”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
2 Samuel 3:7 in context
2 Samuel 3:4–10
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and the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;
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and the sixth, Ithream, of Eglah, David’s wife. These were born to David in Hebron.
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While there was war between Saul’s house and David’s house, Abner made himself strong in Saul’s house.
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Now Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah; and Ishbosheth said to Abner, “Why have you gone in to my father’s concubine?”
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Then Abner was very angry about Ishbosheth’s words, and said, “Am I a dog’s head that belongs to Judah? Today I show kindness to your father Saul’s house, to his brothers, and to his friends, and have not delivered you into the hand of David; and yet you charge me today with a fault concerning this woman!
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God do so to Abner, and more also, if, as the LORD has sworn to David, I don’t do even so to him:
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