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Nowe while there was warre betweene the house of Saul and the house of Dauid ,
Abner made all his power for the house of Saul .
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And Saul had a concubine named Rizpah ,
the daughter of Aiiah ;
Ish-bosheth sayde to Abner ,
Wherefore hast thou gone in to my fathers concubine ?
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Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ishbosheth ,
and said , [
Am ]
I a (
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Do you esteem me no more than a dog ,
for all my service done to your father '
s house ?(:
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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 ?
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To 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 .
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And he durst no more answere to Abner :
for he feared him .
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Then Abner sent messengers to Dauid on his behalfe ,
saying ,
Whose is the lande ?
who should also say ,
Make couenant with me ,
and beholde ,
mine hande shalbe with thee ,
to bring all Israel vnto thee .
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Who saide ,
Well ,
I will make a couenant with thee :
but one thing I require of thee ,
that is ,
that thou see not my face except thou bring Michal Sauls daughter when thou commest to see me .
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Then Dauid sent messengers to Ish-bosheth Sauls sonne ,
saying ,
Deliuer me my wife Michal ,
which I marryed for an hundreth foreskinnes of the Philistims .
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And Ish-bosheth sent ,
and tooke her from her husband Phaltiel the sonne of Laish .
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And her husband went with her , &
amp ;
came weeping behinde her ,
vnto Bahurim :
then saide Abner vnto him ,
Go ,
and returne .
So he returned .
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And Abner had (
note :)
Rather for malice that he bore toward Ishbosheth ,
than for love he bore to David .(:
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communication with the elders of Israel ,
saying ,
Ye sought for David in times past [
to be ]
king over you :
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Nowe then doe it :
for the Lord hath spoken of Dauid ,
saying ,
By the hand of my seruant Dauid I will saue my people Israel out of the handes of the Philistims ,
and out of the handes of all their enemies .
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And Abner also spake in the ears of Benjamin :
and Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel ,
and that seemed good to the whole (
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Who challenged the kingdom ,
because of their father Saul .(:
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house of Benjamin .
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So Abner came to Dauid to Hebron ,
hauing twentie men with him ,
and Dauid made a feast vnto Abner ,
and to the men that were with him .
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Then Abner sayde vnto Dauid ,
I will rise vp ,
and goe gather all Israel vnto my lorde the King ,
that they may make a couenant with thee ,
and that thou mayest reigne ouer all that thine heart desireth .
Then Dauid let Abner depart ,
who went in peace .