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2 Samuel 3:9

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7 Meanwhile, Saul had a concubine named Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah. So Ish-bosheth questioned Abner, “Why did you sleep with my father’s concubine?”

8 Abner was furious over Ish-bosheth’s accusation. “Am I the head of a dog that belongs to Judah?” he asked. “All this time I have been loyal to the house of your father Saul, to his brothers, and to his friends. I have not delivered you into the hand of David, but now you accuse me of wrongdoing with this woman!

May God punish Abner, and ever so severely, if I do not do for David what the LORD has sworn to him:

10 to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul and to establish the throne of David over Israel and Judah, from Dan to Beersheba.”

11 And for fear of Abner, Ish-bosheth did not dare to say another word to him.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
May God punish Abner, and ever so severely, if I do not do for David what the LORD has sworn to him:
KJV
So do God to Abner, and more also, except, as the LORD hath sworn to David, even so I do to him;
WEB
God do so to Abner, and more also, if, as the LORD has sworn to David, I don’t do even so to him:
ASV
God do so to Abner, and more also, if, as Jehovah hath sworn to David, I do not even so to him;
DARBY
So do God to Abner, and more also, if, as Jehovah has sworn to David, I do not so to him;
BLB
Thus may God do to Abner, and also more to him, if as YHWH has sworn for David, even so I do not do to him,
ÅB
Gud la det gå Abner ille både nå og siden om jeg ikke gjør slik mot David som Herren har tilsvoret ham,
OTB
Måtte Gud gjøre slik mot Abner, og mer også, hvis jeg ikke gjør for David som Herren har sverget til ham:
B1930
Gud la det gå Abner ille både nu og siden om jeg ikke gjør således mot David som Herren har tilsvoret ham,

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Cross references

  • 1 Samuel 15:28

    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.

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  • 1 Kings 19:2

    So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like the lives of those you killed!”

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  • Ruth 1:17

    Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if anything but death separates you and me.”

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  • 1 Samuel 28:17

    He has done exactly what He spoke through me: The LORD has torn the kingship out of your hand and given it to your neighbor David.

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  • 1 Chronicles 12:23

    Now these are the numbers of men armed for battle who came to David at Hebron to turn Saul’s kingdom over to him, in accordance with the word of the LORD:

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  • Psalms 89:35–37

    Once and for all I have sworn by My holiness— I will not lie to David—

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  • 1 Samuel 25:22

    May God punish David, and ever so severely, if I let one of Nabal’s men survive until morning.”

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  • Psalms 89:19–20

    You once spoke in a vision; to Your godly ones You said, “I have bestowed help on a warrior; I have exalted one chosen from the people.

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