2 Samuel 3:7

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Now Saul had a concubine named Rizpah, daughter of Aiah. Ishbosheth said to Abner, 'Why have you slept with my father's concubine?'

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  • 2 Sam 21:8-9 : 8 The king took Armoni and Mephibosheth, the two sons of Rizpah daughter of Aiah, whom she had borne to Saul, together with the five sons of Michal daughter of Saul, whom she had borne to Adriel son of Barzillai the Meholathite. 9 He handed them over to the Gibeonites, who executed them on the hill before the Lord. All seven of them fell together; they were put to death during the first days of the harvest, at the beginning of the barley harvest. 10 Rizpah, daughter of Aiah, took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on a rock. From the beginning of the harvest until the rain poured down from the heavens on the bodies, she did not allow the birds of the sky to rest on them by day or the wild animals by night. 11 When David was told what Rizpah, daughter of Aiah, Saul’s concubine, had done,
  • 2 Sam 16:21-22 : 21 Ahithophel answered, "Sleep with your father’s concubines, whom he left to care for the palace. Then all Israel will hear that you have made yourself obnoxious to your father, and the hands of everyone with you will be strengthened." 22 So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and he slept with his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.
  • 2 Sam 12:8 : 8 'I gave you your master’s house and your master’s wives into your arms. I also gave you the house of Israel and Judah. And if all this had been too little, I would have given you even more.
  • 1 Kgs 2:17 : 17 He continued, 'Please ask King Solomon—he will not refuse you—to give me Abishag the Shunammite as my wife.'
  • 1 Kgs 2:21-22 : 21 So she said, 'Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to your brother Adonijah as his wife.' 22 King Solomon answered his mother, 'Why do you request Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? You might as well request the kingdom for him—for he is my elder brother—yes, for him and for Abiathar the priest and Joab son of Zeruiah!'

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  • 2 Sam 21:10-11
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    10Rizpah, daughter of Aiah, took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on a rock. From the beginning of the harvest until the rain poured down from the heavens on the bodies, she did not allow the birds of the sky to rest on them by day or the wild animals by night.

    11When David was told what Rizpah, daughter of Aiah, Saul’s concubine, had done,

  • 2 Sam 3:6
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    6During the war between the house of Saul and the house of David, Abner was gaining strength in Saul's house.

  • 2 Sam 3:8-9
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    8Abner became very angry over Ishbosheth's words and said, 'Am I a dog's head at Judah's disposal? Today I am loyal to the house of Saul your father, to his relatives and friends, and I have not delivered you into David's hand. Yet now you accuse me of sinning with this woman!'

    9May God deal with Abner, be it ever so severely, if I do not carry out what the Lord swore to David.

  • 2 Sam 2:8
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    8Meanwhile, Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, took Ish-bosheth son of Saul and brought him to Mahanaim.

  • 1 Sam 14:49-51
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    49Saul’s sons were Jonathan, Ishvi, and Malchi-Shua. The names of his two daughters were Merab, the firstborn, and Michal, the younger.

    50The name of Saul’s wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz. The commander of his army was Abner son of Ner, Saul’s uncle.

    51Kish was the father of Saul, and Ner, the father of Abner, was the son of Abiel.

  • 2 Sam 3:12-17
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    12Then Abner sent messengers on his behalf to David, saying, 'Whose land is it? Make an agreement with me, and I will help bring all Israel to you.'

    13'Good,' said David, 'I will make an agreement with you. But I demand one thing: Do not see my face unless you bring Michal, daughter of Saul, when you come to see me.'

    14Then David sent messengers to Ishbosheth, son of Saul, to say, 'Give me my wife Michal, whom I betrothed to myself for a payment of one hundred Philistine foreskins.'

    15So Ishbosheth sent for her and took her away from her husband, Paltiel son of Laish.

    16But her husband followed her, weeping as he went, all the way to Bahurim. Then Abner said to him, 'Go back home.' So he returned.

    17Abner conferred with the elders of Israel and said, 'For some time you have wanted to make David your king.

  • 2 Sam 2:12
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    12Abner son of Ner and the servants of Ish-bosheth son of Saul went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

  • 2 Sam 21:8
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    8The king took Armoni and Mephibosheth, the two sons of Rizpah daughter of Aiah, whom she had borne to Saul, together with the five sons of Michal daughter of Saul, whom she had borne to Adriel son of Barzillai the Meholathite.

  • 2 Sam 4:1-2
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    1When Saul's son heard that Abner had died in Hebron, his courage failed, and all of Israel was shaken.

    2Now Saul's son had two leaders of his raiding bands. The name of one was Baanah, and the name of the other was Rechab, sons of Rimmon the Beerothite from the tribe of Benjamin, for Beeroth was also considered part of Benjamin.

  • 2 Sam 4:7-8
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    7After entering the house while Ishbosheth was lying on his bed in his bedroom, they struck him, killed him, and cut off his head. Taking his head with them, they traveled along the road through the Arabah all night.

    8They brought the head of Ishbosheth to David at Hebron and said to the king, "Here is the head of Ishbosheth, the son of Saul, your enemy who sought your life. Today the LORD has given my lord the king revenge against Saul and his descendants."

  • 2 Sam 3:30-31
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    30(Joab and his brother Abishai killed Abner because he had killed their brother Asahel in the battle at Gibeon.)

    31Then David said to Joab and all the people with him, 'Tear your clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourn for Abner.' And King David himself walked behind the bier.

  • 2 Sam 16:21-22
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    21Ahithophel answered, "Sleep with your father’s concubines, whom he left to care for the palace. Then all Israel will hear that you have made yourself obnoxious to your father, and the hands of everyone with you will be strengthened."

    22So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and he slept with his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.

  • 2 Sam 17:25
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    25Absalom had appointed Amasa over the army in place of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra, an Israelite who had gone in to Abigail, the daughter of Nahash and the sister of Zeruiah, the mother of Joab.

  • 1 Sam 26:7
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    7So David and Abishai came to the troops by night, and there was Saul lying asleep in the camp with his spear stuck in the ground near his head. Abner and the troops were lying all around him.

  • 1 Sam 27:3
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    3David lived with Achish at Gath, he and his men, each with their households, and David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelite and Abigail, the widow of Nabal from Carmel.

  • 2 Sam 4:5
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    5The sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, traveled during the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth, who was lying on his bed during his midday rest.

  • 1 Kgs 1:3
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    3They searched throughout the land of Israel for a beautiful young woman and found Abishag, a Shunammite. They brought her to the king.

  • 2 Sam 3:24-26
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    24So Joab went to the king and said, 'What have you done? Look, Abner came to you. Why did you let him go? Now he is gone!'

    25'You know Abner son of Ner! He came to deceive you and to learn about your comings and goings and everything you are doing.'

    26Joab then left David and sent messengers after Abner, who brought him back from the cistern at Sirah. But David knew nothing about it.

  • 1 Chr 2:29
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    29Abishur’s wife was named Abihail, and she bore him Ahban and Molid.

  • 1 Chr 2:16
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    16Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah were Abishai, Joab, and Asahel—three in total.

  • 1 Sam 20:30
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    30Saul’s anger flared up at Jonathan, and he said to him, 'You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Don’t I know that you have sided with the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of your mother’s nakedness?'

  • 1 Sam 18:17
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    17Saul said to David, 'Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you in marriage, but you must serve me bravely and fight the LORD’s battles.' For Saul thought, 'I will not raise my hand against him; let the Philistines do that.'

  • 1 Kgs 2:21
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    21So she said, 'Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to your brother Adonijah as his wife.'

  • 1 Sam 18:19
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    19But when the time came for Merab, Saul’s daughter, to be given to David, she was given instead to Adriel of Meholah in marriage.

  • 1 Sam 17:55
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    55When Saul saw David going out to confront the Philistine, he asked Abner, the commander of his army, 'Abner, whose son is this young man?' Abner replied, 'As surely as you live, O king, I do not know.'

  • 2 Sam 3:22
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    22Just then, David’s men and Joab returned from a raid, bringing a large amount of plunder, but Abner was no longer with David in Hebron, for David had sent him away in peace.

  • 1 Chr 3:3
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    3The fifth was Shephatiah, whose mother was Abital; the sixth was Ithream, whose mother was Eglah, David's wife.

  • 1 Sam 17:57
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    57As soon as David returned from killing the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul, with the Philistine's head still in his hand.

  • 2 Sam 11:3
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    3David sent someone to inquire about the woman, and it was reported to him, 'Isn’t this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite?'

  • 2 Sam 11:27
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    27After the mourning was over, David sent for her and brought her to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing David had done displeased the LORD.

  • 2 Sam 19:5
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    5The king covered his face and cried out in a loud voice, "My son Absalom! Absalom, my son, my son!"

  • 2 Sam 2:15
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    15So they stood up and were counted—twelve from Benjamin and from the followers of Ish-bosheth son of Saul, and twelve from the servants of David.

  • 1 Sam 30:5
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    5Both of David’s wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelite and Abigail, the widow of Nabal of Carmel, had been taken captive.