2 Samuel 3:8

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Summary

Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ishbosheth, and said, Am I a dog's head, which against Judah do shew kindness this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David, that thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning this woman?

Am i a dog's head

Do shew

General references

Proverbs 7:26

Proverbs 29:12

Bible References

Am i a dog's head

Again he prostrated himself and said, “What is your servant, that you should regard a dead dog like me?”

You shall not bring the hire of a harlot or the wages of a

dog into the house of the Lord your God for any votive offering, for both of these are an abomination to the Lord your God.

After whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom are you pursuing? A dead dog, a single flea?

Then Hazael said, “But what is your servant, who is but a dog, that he should do this great thing?” And Elisha answered, “The Lord has shown me that you will be king over Aram.”

Do shew

May God do so to Abner, and more also, if as the Lord has sworn to David, I do not accomplish this for him,

Previously, when Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and in. And the Lord said to you, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be a ruler over Israel.’”

So Samuel said to him, “The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to your neighbor, who is better than you.

Why are the nations in an uproar
And the peoples devising a vain thing?

“Whom have you reproached and blasphemed?
And against whom have you raised your voice
And haughtily lifted up your eyes?
Against the Holy One of Israel!

and he fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?”

General references

For many are the victims she has cast down,
And numerous are all her slain.

If a ruler pays attention to falsehood,
All his ministers become wicked.