2 Samuel 3:7
What does 2 Samuel 3:7 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Samuel 3:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Now Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: andIsh-boshethsaid to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father’s concubine?
KJV
King James Version · 1611And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and Ish–bosheth said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father’s concubine?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Now Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: andIsh-boshethsaid to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father’s concubine?
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Now Saul had among his wives a woman named Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and Ish-bosheth said to Abner, Why have you taken my father's wife?
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and Saul hath a concubine, and her name <FI>is<Fi> Rizpah daughter of Aiah, and <FI>Ish-Bosheth<Fi> saith unto Abner, `Wherefore hast thou gone in unto the concubine of my father?'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And Saul had a concubine named Respha, the daughter of Aia. And Isboseth said to Abner:
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And Saul had a concubine whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah. And [Ishbosheth] said to Abner, Why hast thou gone in to my father's concubine?
Context
v.6And it came to pass, while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David, that Abner made himself strong in the house of Saul.
v.7This passage
v.8Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ish-bosheth, and said, Am I a dog’s head that belongeth to Judah? This day do I show kindness unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David; and yet thou chargest me this day with a fault concerning this woman.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Samuel 12:8
and I gave thee thy master’s house, and thy master’s wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would have added unto thee such and such things.
- 1 Kings 2:21
And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.
- 1 Kings 2:17
And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king (for he will not say thee nay), that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.
- 2 Samuel 16:21
And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father’s concubines, that he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel will hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then will the hands of all that are with thee be strong.
- 2 Samuel 21:8
But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she bare to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite:
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