2 Samuel 21:11

2 Samuel 21:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.
• New International Version (NIV)When David was told what Aiah’s daughter Rizpah, Saul’s concubine, had done,
• English Standard Version (ESV)When David was told what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done,
• New King James Version (NKJV)And David was told what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.

Context of 2 Samuel 21:11

9And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them on the hill before the LORD. So all seven of them fell together; they were put to death in the first days of the harvest, at the beginning of the barley harvest. 10And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on a rock. From the beginning of the harvest until the rain from heaven poured down on the bodies, she did not allow the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night. When David was told what Saul’s concubine Rizpah, daughter of Aiah, had done, 12he went and took the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the public square of Beth-shan where the Philistines had hung the bodies after they had struck down Saul at Gilboa. 13So David had the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan brought from there, and they also gathered the bones of those who had been hanged.

2 Samuel 21:11 word by word

וַיֻּגַּ֖ד לְדָוִ֑ד אֵ֧ת אֲשֶׁר־עָשְׂתָ֛ה רִצְפָּ֥ה בַת־אַיָּ֖ה פִּלֶ֥גֶשׁ שָׁאֽוּל׃Read the interlinear

• When Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• was toldנָגַדnâgad · to tellH5046
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• whatאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• Saul’sשָׁאוּלshâ'ûl · SaulH7586
• concubineפִּלֶ֫גֶשׁpîylegesh pilegesh · concubineH6370
• Rizpahרִצְפָּהritspâh · RizpahH7532
• daughterבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• of Aiahאַיָּה'ayâh · AiahH345
• had doneעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 21:11

• 2 Samuel 2:4Then the men of Judah came to Hebron, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, “It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul.”
• Ruth 2:11Boaz replied, “I have been made fully aware of all you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband, how you left your father and mother and the land of your birth, and how you came to a people you did not know before.

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 21:11

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-14Verses 10-14 That a guilty land should enjoy many years of plenty, calls for gratitude; and we need not wonder misused abundance should be punished with scarcity; yet how few are disposed to ask of the Lord concerning the sinful cause, while numbers search for the second causes by which he is pleased to work! But the Lord will plead the cause of those who cannot or will not avenge themselves; and the prayers of the poor are of great power. When God sent…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11-13Rizpah’s action shamed David into likewise honoring the dead of Saul’s family.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Samuel 21:11

• Ajah
• David
• Rizpah

In the dictionaries

• David
• Saul
• Paul, Saul
• Rizpah
• Aiah
• Burial
• Giants
• Psalms, Book of
• Salvation
• Samuel, Books of

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary