2 Samuel 3:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Bible Comments

Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father's concubine? It was then looked upon as a very great crime for any man, though never so great, to marry the relict of the king; for it was esteemed an affectation of the kingdom; as appears in the case of Adonijah.

2 Samuel 3:7

7 And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and Ishbosheth said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father's concubine?