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And it came to pass while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David ,
that Abner made himself strong for the house of Saul .
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And Saul had a concubine whose name was Rizpah ,
the daughter of Aiah .
And [
Ishbosheth ]
said to Abner ,
Why hast thou gone in to my father '
s concubine ?
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Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ishbosheth ,
and said ,
Am I a dog '
s head ,
I who against Judah do shew kindness this day to 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 reproachest me this day with the fault of this woman ?
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So do God to Abner ,
and more also ,
if ,
as Jehovah has sworn to David ,
I do not so to him ;
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to translate the kingdom from the house of Saul ,
and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah ,
from Dan even to Beer-sheba !
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And he could not answer Abner a word again ,
because he feared him .
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And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf ,
saying ,
Whose is the land ?
saying [
also ],
Make thy covenant with me ,
and behold ,
my hand shall be with thee ,
to turn all Israel to thee .
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And he said ,
Well ,
I will make a covenant with thee ;
only I require one thing of thee ,
that is ,
Thou shalt not see my face ,
except thou first bring Michal Saul '
s daughter ,
when thou comest to see my face .
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And David sent messengers to Ishbosheth Saul '
s son ,
saying ,
Deliver me my wife Michal ,
whom I espoused to me for a hundred foreskins of the Philistines .
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And Ishbosheth sent ,
and took her from [
her ]
husband ,
from Phaltiel the son of Laish .
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And her husband went with her along weeping behind her to Bahurim .
Then said Abner to him ,
Go ,
return .
And he returned .
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Now Abner had communicated with the elders of Israel ,
saying ,
Ye sought for David aforetime to be king over you ;
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and now do [
it ],
for Jehovah has spoken of David ,
saying ,
By my servant David will I save my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines ,
and out of the hand of all their enemies .
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And Abner also spoke 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 house of Benjamin .
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So Abner came to David to Hebron ,
and twenty men with him .
And David made Abner and the men that were with him a repast .
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And Abner said to David ,
I will arise and go ,
and will gather all Israel to my lord the king ,
that they may make a covenant with thee ,
and that thou mayest reign over all that thy heart desires .
And David sent Abner away ;
and he went in peace .