2 Samuel 3:7-8

3:7

Rizpah <07532> [Rizpah.]

have sexual relations <0935> [Wherefore.]

This action of Abner's seems a most evident proof that he intended to seize on the government; and it was so understood by Ish-bosheth; see Parallel Texts.

have sexual relations <0935> [gone in.]

3:8

Abner <074> [Abner.]

head .... dog <03611 07218> [Am I a dog's head.]

This was a proverbial expression among the Hebrews to denote whatever was deemed worthless and contemptible. Something similar to this was the answer of the Turkish commander at Beer, on the Euphrates, to a request made to see the castle. "Do they," said he, "take me for a child, or an ass's head, that they would feed me with sweet meats, and dupe me with a bit of cloth? No, they shall not see the castle."

demonstrating <06213> [do shew.]