2 Samuel 3:8

Contemporary English Version 1995

Abner was very angry because of what Ishbosheth had said, and he told Ishbosheth: Am I some kind of worthless dog from Judah? I've always been loyal to your father's family and to his relatives and friends. I haven't turned you over to David. And yet you talk to me as if I've committed a crime with this woman.

Cross References

2 Samuel 9:8

Mephibosheth knelt down again and said, “Why should you care about me? I'm worth no more than a dead dog.”

2 Samuel 16:9

Abishai said, “Your Majesty, this man is as useless as a dead dog! He shouldn't be allowed to curse you. Let me go over and chop off his head.”

Isaiah 37:23

Sennacherib, you cursed, shouted and sneered at me, the holy One of Israel.

Psalm 76:10

Even the most angry people will praise you when you are furious.

2 Kings 8:13

“How could I ever do anything like that?” Hazael replied. “I'm only a servant and don't have that kind of power.” “Hazael, the Lord has told me that you will be the next king of Syria.”

2 Samuel 5:2

Even when Saul was king, you led our nation in battle. And the Lord promised that someday you would rule Israel and take care of us like a shepherd.”

2 Samuel 3:18

So do it! After all, God said he would use his servant David to rescue his people Israel from their enemies, especially from the Philistines.”

2 Samuel 3:9

I ask God to punish me if I don't help David get what the Lord promised him!

1 Samuel 15:28

Samuel said, “The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel away from you today, and he will give it to someone who is better than you.

Deuteronomy 23:18

The Lord your God is disgusted with men and women who are prostitutes of any kind, and he will not accept a gift from them, even if it had been promised to him.

1 Samuel 17:43

“Do you think I'm a dog?” Goliath asked. “Is that why you've come after me with a stick?” He cursed David in the name of the Philistine gods

2 Samuel 2:8

Abner the son of Ner had been the general of Saul's army. He took Saul's son Ishbosheth across the Jordan River to Mahanaim