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2 Samuel 21:11

AiahDavidRizpah
Faithfulness and loyalty

9 And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the LORD: and they fell all seven together, and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, in the beginning of barley harvest.

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.

And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.

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:

13 And 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.

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BSB
When David was told what Saul’s concubine Rizpah, daughter of Aiah, had done,
KJV
And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.
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.
DARBY
And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.
BLB
And David was told what Rizpah daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.
ÅB
Da David fikk vite hva Rispa, Ajas datter, Sauls medhustru, hadde gjort,
OTB
Da David fikk vite om handlingene til Rispa, datter av Aja, Sauls medhustru,
B1930
Da David fikk vite hvad Rispa, Ajas datter, Sauls medhustru, hadde gjort,

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 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.

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  • 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.

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