2 Samuel 3

¹There was then long warre betweene the house of Saul and the house of Dauid: but Dauid waxed stronger, and the house of Saul waxed weaker.

²And vnto Dauid were children borne in Hebron: and his eldest sonne was Amnon of Ahinoam the Izreelite,

³And his seconde, was Chileab of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite: and the third, Absalom the sonne of Maacah the daughter of Talmai the King of Geshur,

⁴And the fourth, Adoniiah the sonne of Haggith, and the fifth, Shephatiah the sonne of Abital,

⁵And the sixt, Ithream by Eglah Dauids wife: these were borne to Dauid in Hebron.

⁶Nowe while there was warre betweene the house of Saul and the house of Dauid, Abner made all his power for the house of Saul.

⁷And Saul had a concubine named Rizpah, the daughter of Aiiah. And Ish-bosheth sayde to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in to my fathers concubine?

⁸Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ish-bosheth, and said, Am I a dogges head, which against Iudah do shew mercie this day vnto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his neighbours, and haue not deliuered thee into the hande of Dauid, that thou chargest me this day with a fault concerning this woman?

⁹So doe God to Abner, and more also, except, as the Lord hath sworne to Dauid, euen so I doe to him,

¹⁰To remoue the kingdome from the house of Saul, that the throne of Dauid may be stablished ouer Israel, and ouer Iudah, euen from Dan to Beer-sheba.

¹¹And he durst no more answere to Abner: for he feared him.