SEV Biblia, Chapter 3:8
Y se enojó Abner en gran manera por las palabras de Is-boset, y dijo: ¿Soy yo cabeza de perros respecto de Judá? Yo he hecho hoy misericordia con la casa de Saúl tu padre, con sus hermanos, y con sus amigos, y no te he entregado en las manos de David; ¿y tú me haces hoy cargo del pecado de esta mujer?
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 3:8
Verse 8. Amos i a dog's head] Dost thou treat a man with indignity who has been the only prop of thy tottering kingdom, and the only person who could make head against the house of David?
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 8. Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ishbosheth , etc.] If false he had a good deal of reason for it; and if true, he thought he deserved better at his hands, than to be reproved for and upbraided with what he might think was a very small fault, and might easily be connived at, and especially in one that had been so serviceable to him: and said, [am] I a dog’s head ; such a mean, vile, contemptible person with thee, as if no better than a dog, and as useless and as unserviceable as a dead dog, the head of a dog cut off; (see 1 Samuel 24:14) ( 2 Samuel 9:8); or am I esteemed and to be treated as a head of dogs, a keeper of a pack of hounds, and not as a general of the armies of Israel? so Jarchi and others; but it seems rather to respect the filthy nature of a dog, that will couple with any; and so the sense is, am I such a filthy lustful creature that care not with whom I lie, no more, than a dog? which against Judah do show kindness to the house of Saul thy father , to his brethren, and to his friends ; who in opposition to the tribe of Judah, which alone abode by David, had shown respect to the family of Saul, and all his friends, by his close attachment to Ishbosheth: and have not delivered thee into the hand David ; when it was in his power to have done it many a tithe: that thou chargest me today with a fault concerning this woman ? he neither denies nor owns the charge, and yet, by his not denying it, tacitly owns it; though, by his way of speaking, he suggests as if it was no fault at all, at least a very trifling one, and such as ought not to have been mentioned to him, considering the services he had done to Ishbosheth and his family.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 7-21 - Many, like Abner, are not above committing base crimes, who are to proud to bear reproof, or even the suspicion of being guilty. While me go on in sin, and apparently without concern, they are often consciou that they are fighting against God. Many mean to serve their ow purposes; and will betray those who trust them, when they can get an advantage. Yet the Lord serves his own designs, even by those who ar thus actuated by revenge, ambition, or lust; but as they intend not to honour him, in the end they will be thrown aside with contempt. Ther was real generosity both to Michal and to the memory of Saul, in David's receiving the former, remembering probably how once he owed his life to her affection, and knowing that she was separated from his partly by her father's authority. Let no man set his heart on tha which he is not entitled to. If any disagreement has separated husban and wife, as they expect the blessing of God, let them be reconciled and live together in love.
Original Hebrew
ויחר 2734 לאבנר 74 מאד 3966 על 5921 דברי 1697 אישׁ בשׁת 378 ויאמר 559 הראשׁ 7218 כלב 3611 אנכי 595 אשׁר 834 ליהודה 3063 היום 3117 אעשׂה 6213 חסד 2617 עם 5973 בית 1004 שׁאול 7586 אביך 1 אל 413 אחיו 251 ואל 413 מרעהו 4828 ולא 3808 המציתך 4672 ביד 3027 דוד 1732 ותפקד 6485 עלי 5921 עון 5771 האשׁה 802 היום׃ 3117
