2 Samuel 3:1-8 ▼

1 There followed a long war between the house of Saul and the house of David, in which David grew ever stronger, but the house of Saul ever weaker.

2 Sons were born to David in Hebron: his firstborn, Amnon, of Ahinoam from Jezreel;

3 the second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal of Carmel; the third, Absalom, son of Maacah, who was the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur;

4 the fourth, Adonijah, son of Haggith; the fifth, Shephatiah, son of Abital;

5 and the sixth, Ithream, by David’s wife Eglah. These were born to David in Hebron.

6 During the war between the house of Saul and the house of David, Abner was gaining power in the house of Saul.

7 Now Saul had had a concubine, Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah. And Ishbaal, son of Saul, said to Abner, “Why have you slept with my father’s concubine?”

8 Enraged at the words of Ishbaal, Abner said, “Am I a dog’s head from Judah? As of today, I have been loyal to the house of Saul your father, to his brothers and his friends, and I have kept you out of David’s clutches; and today you charge me with a crime involving a woman!