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2Sa 3:8 — Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ishbosheth, and said, [Am] I a dog's head, which against Judah do shew kindness this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David, that thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning this woman?

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Abner		Psa 76:10; Mar 6:18,19
Am I a dog's head		"This was a proverbial expression among the Hebrews to denote whatever was deemed worthless and contemptible. Something similar to this was the answer of the Turkish commander at Beer, on the Euphrates, to a request made to see the castle. ""Do they,"" said he, ""take me for a child, or an ass's head, that they would feed me with sweet meats, and dupe me with a bit of cloth? No, they shall not see the castle."" 2Sa 9:8; 2Sa 16:9; Deu 23:18; 1Sa 24:14,15; 2Ki 8:13"
do shew		2Sa 3:9,18; 2Sa 5:2; 1Sa 15:28; Psa 2:1-4; Isa 37:23; Act 9:4,5

Correlating Passages

Abner

	Psa 76:10	Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.
	Mar 6:18	For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.
	Mar 6:19	Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not:

Am I a dog's head

	2Sa 9:8	And he bowed himself, and said, What [is] thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I [am]?
	2Sa 16:9	Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head.
	Deu 23:18	Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these [are] abomination unto the LORD thy God.
	1Sa 24:14	After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.
	1Sa 24:15	The LORD therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.
	2Ki 8:13	And Hazael said, But what, [is] thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The LORD hath shewed me that thou [shalt be] king over Syria.

do shew

	2Sa 3:9	So do God to Abner, and more also, except, as the LORD hath sworn to David, even so I do to him;
	2Sa 3:18	Now then do [it]: for the LORD hath spoken of David, saying, By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.
	2Sa 5:2	Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel.
	1Sa 15:28	And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, [that is] better than thou.
	Psa 2:1	Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
	Psa 2:2	The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, [saying],
	Psa 2:3	Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
	Psa 2:4	He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
	Isa 37:23	Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted [thy] voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? [even] against the Holy One of Israel.
	Act 9:4	And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
	Act 9:5	And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: [it is] hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

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