2 Samuel 21:11
And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.
2 Samuel 21:11 in other translations
| BSB | When David was told what Saul’s concubine Rizpah, daughter of Aiah, had done, |
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| WEB | David was told what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done. |
| ASV | And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done. |
| YLT | And it is declared to David that which Rizpah daughter of Aiah, concubine of Saul, hath done, |
| DARBY | And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done. |
| BBE | And news was given to David of what Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah, one of Saul's wives, had done. |
| Webster | And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah the concubine of Saul had done. |
What does 2 Samuel 21:11 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Samuel 21:10-14
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…
2 Samuel 21:11 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Samuel 21:11
- 2 Samuel 2:4
And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, That the men of Jabesh–gilead were they that buried Saul.
- Ruth 2:11-12
And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore. The Lord recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the Lord God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.
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Context
- 2 Samuel 21:10
And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
- 2 Samuel 21:11
And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.
- 2 Samuel 21:12
And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh–gilead, which had stolen them from the street of Beth–shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa:
2 Samuel 21:11 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y fué dicho á David lo que hacía Rispa hija de Aja, concubina de Saúl. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et ce que Ritspa, fille d’Aïa, concubine de Saül, avait fait fut rapporté à David. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und es wurde David berichtet, was Rizpa, die Tochter Ajas, das Kebsweib Sauls, getan hatte. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et nuntiata sunt David quæ fecerat Respha filia Aja, concubina Saul. |