6. As the war went on between the families of David and Saul, Abner was gaining more power than ever in Saul's family.
7. He had even slept with a wife of Saul by the name of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah. But Saul's son Ishbosheth told Abner, “You shouldn't have slept with one of my father's wives!”
8. Abner was very angry at 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.
9. I ask God to punish me if I don't help David get what the Lord promised him!