Then was Abner very angry for the words of Ish-bosheth, and said, Am I a dog`s head that belongs to Judah? This day do I show kindness to the house of Saul your father, to his brothers, and to his friends, and have not delivered you into the hand of David; and yet you charge me this day with a fault concerning this woman.
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The words against Judah are very obscure. If the text is correct, the words would seem to be Ish-bosheth’s, who in his anger had charged Abner with…

Am I a dog’s head? —The translation of this clause is taken from the Vulgate, and is hardly possible; it should rather be…

Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ishbosheth
If false he had a good deal of reason for it; and if true, he …

Many, like Abner, are not above committing base crimes, who are too proud to bear reproof, or even the suspicion of being guilty. While people go o…
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