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And Saul had a concubine, whose name [was] Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and [Ishbosheth] said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father’s concubine?
2 Samuel 3:7 — KJV
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2 Samuel 3:7
King James Version (KJV)
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Commentary on 2 Samuel 3:7
Theological / DevotionalRizpah. See ch. 21:8–11.
Wherefore? In Oriental lands the harem of a king was regarded as the property of his successor, and the taking of a woman who had belonged to the previous king was therefore regarded as an assertion of a claim to the throne (see 2 Sam. 12:8; 16:21; 1 Kings 2:22). There is nothing in the record to indicate that Abner, if guilty of the act of which he was charged, had any design on Ish-bosheth’s throne, but the king nevertheless preferred to regard the alleged conduct as an act of treachery, and it was this that aroused the anger of Abner. Ish-bosheth’s words of reproach are understandable, for Abner’s alleged deed violated the rights of the king.
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