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. So they hanged them on the hill before Adonai, so that all seven fell together. They were put to death during the days of harvest, at the beginning of barley harvest. 10Then Rizpah daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it on the rock for herself, from the beginning of harvest until the rain poured on them from the sky. She did not let the birds of the sky rest on them by day nor the beasts of the field by night. David was told what Rizpah daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done. 12So David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of his son Jonathan from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the open square of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them on the day that the Philistines killed Saul in Gilboa. 13He had the bones of Saul and the bones of his son Jonathan brought up from there, and they gathered the bones of those who were hanged.

2 Samuel 21:11 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• And it was toldנָגַדnâgad · to tellH5046
• Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• what Rizpahרִצְפָּהritspâh · RizpahH7532
• the daughterבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• of Aiahאַיָּה'ayâh · AiahH345
• the concubineפִּלֶ֫גֶשׁpîylegesh pilegesh · concubineH6370
• of Saulשָׁאוּלshâ'ûl · SaulH7586
• had doneעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 21:11

• 2 Samuel 2:4Then the men of Judah came and there anointed David king over the house of Judah. Then they told David saying, “It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul.”
• Ruth 2:11Boaz replied and said to her, “All that you have done for your mother-in-law since your husband’s death has been fully reported to me—how you left your father and mother and the land of your birth, and 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