8. Then was Avner very angry at the devarim of Ishboshet, and said, Am I Yehudah's rosh kelev? Today do I show chesed unto the Bais Sha'ul avicha, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the yad Dovid, and then thou chargest me today with an avon concerning this isha?
9. So do Elohim to Avner, and more also! As Hashem hath sworn to Dovid, even so I do for him [Dovid];
10. To transfer the Mamlachah from the Bais Sha'ul, and to set up the Kisse Dovid over Yisroel and over Yehudah, from Dan even to Beer-Sheva.
11. And he could not answer Avner a davar again, because he feared him.
12. And Avner sent malachim to Dovid on his behalf, saying, Whose is the eretz? Saying also, Cut thy brit with me, and, hinei, my yad shall be with thee, to bring about kol Yisroel unto thee.
13. And he [Dovid] said Tov; I will make a brit with thee; but one thing I require of thee, that is, Thou shalt not see my face, except thou first bring Michal Bat Sha'ul, when thou comest to see my face.
14. And Dovid sent malachim to Ishboshet Ben Sha'ul, saying, Deliver ishti Michal, which I took in erusin to me for a hundred arlot (foreskins) of the Pelishtim (Philistines).
15. And Ishboshet sent, and took her from her ish, even from Phaltiel Ben Layish.
16. And her ish went with her going along weeping behind her to Bachurim. Then said Avner unto him, Go, return. And he returned.