2 Samuel 3:8-11

3:8 These words of Ish-bosheth really angered Abner and he said, “Am I the head of a dog that belongs to Judah? This very day I am demonstrating ¹  loyalty to the house of Saul your father and to his relatives ²  and his friends! I have not betrayed you into the hand of David. Yet you have accused me of sinning with this woman today! ³  3:9 God will severely judge Abner ⁴  if I do not do for David exactly what the Lord has promised him, ⁵  3:10 namely, to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul and to establish the throne of David over Israel and over Judah all the way from Dan to Beer Sheba!” 3:11 Ish-bosheth ⁶  was unable to answer Abner with even a single word because he was afraid of him.

[3:8]  ¹ tn Heb “I do.”

[3:8]  ² tn Heb “brothers.”

[3:8]  ³ tn Heb “and you have laid upon me the guilt of the woman today.”

[3:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “So will God do to Abner and so he will add to him.”

[3:9]  ⁵ tc Heb “has sworn to David.” The LXX, with the exception of the recension of Origen, adds “in this day.”

[3:11]  ⁷ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ish-bosheth) has been specified in the translation for clarity.