2 Samuel 3:8

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8 H74 Then was Abner H3966 very H2734 wroth [H8799] H1697 for the words H378 of Ishbosheth H559 , and said [H8799] H3611 , Am I a dog's H7218 head H3063 , which against Judah H6213 do shew [H8799] H2617 kindness H3117 this day H1004 unto the house H7586 of Saul H1 thy father H251 , to his brethren H4828 , and to his friends H4672 , and have not delivered [H8689] H3027 thee into the hand H1732 of David H6485 , that thou chargest [H8799] H3117 me to day H5771 with a fault H802 concerning this woman?

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Abner.
Psalms 76:10; Mark 6:18; Mark 6:19
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."
2 Samuel 9:8; 2 Samuel 16:9; Deuteronomy 23:18; 1 Samuel 24:14; 1 Samuel 24:15; 2 Kings 8:13
do shew.
2 Samuel 3:9; 2 Samuel 3:18; 2 Samuel 5:2; 1 Samuel 15:28; Psalms 2:1-4; Isaiah 37:23; Acts 9:4; Acts 9:5