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 gave them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them on the hill before Jehovah. And they fell all seven together, and were put to death in the first days of the harvest, in the beginning of barley harvest. 10Then Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water poured on them out of the heavens, and suffered neither the fowl of the heavens to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night. And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done. 12And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh-Gilead, who had stolen them from the open place of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, the day the Philistines had smitten Saul in Gilboa; 13and he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son; and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged.

2 Samuel 21:11 word by word

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

• toldנָגַדnâgad · to tellH5046
• Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• Rizpahרִצְפָּהritspâh · RizpahH7532
• daughterבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• Aiahאַיָּה'ayâh · AiahH345
• concubineפִּלֶ֫גֶשׁpîylegesh pilegesh · concubineH6370
• Saulשָׁאוּלshâ'ûl · SaulH7586

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 21:11

• 2 Samuel 2:4And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, It is the men of Jabesh-Gilead that have buried Saul.
• Ruth 2:11And Boaz answered and said to her, It has fully been shewn me, all that thou hast done to thy mother-in-law since the death of thy husband; and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come to a people that thou hast not known heretofore.

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