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Bishop's Bible

2 Samuel 21:11

And it was tolde Dauid what Rispha the daughter of Aia the concubine of Saul, had done.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ajah;   David;   Rizpah;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Mephibosheth;   Rizpah;   Easton Bible Dictionary - David;   Rizpah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - David;   Rizpah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Burial;   Concubine;   Court Systems;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Aiah;   Haggai;   Israel;   Rizpah;   Samuel, Books of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Aiah ;   Gibeonites ;   Mephibosheth ;   Rizpah ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Rizpah;   Smith Bible Dictionary - A-I'ah;   Riz'pah,;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Aiah;   Burial;   Rizpah;   Salvation;   Samuel, Books of;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Burial and sepulchers;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Rizpah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
When it was reported to David what Saul’s concubine Rizpah daughter of Aiah had done,
Hebrew Names Version
It was told David what Ritzpah the daughter of Ayah, the concubine of Sha'ul, had done.
King James Version
And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.
Lexham English Bible
David was told about what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.
English Standard Version
When David was told what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done,
New Century Version
People told David what Aiah's daughter Rizpah, Saul's slave woman, was doing.
New English Translation
When David was told what Rizpah daughter of Aiah, Saul's concubine, had done,
Amplified Bible
David was told what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.
New American Standard Bible
When it was reported to David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done,
Geneva Bible (1587)
And it was told Dauid, what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah ye concubine of Saul had done.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then it was told to David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.
Contemporary English Version
Earlier the Philistines had killed Saul and Jonathan on Mount Gilboa and had hung their bodies in the town square at Beth-Shan. The people of Jabesh in Gilead had secretly taken the bodies away, but David found out what Saul's wife Rizpah had done, and he went to the leaders of Jabesh to get the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan.
Complete Jewish Bible
David was told what Ritzpah the daughter of Ayah, the concubine of Sha'ul, had done.
Darby Translation
And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.
Easy-to-Read Version
People told David what Saul's slave woman Rizpah was doing.
George Lamsa Translation
And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Ana, the concubine of Saul, had done.
Good News Translation
When David heard what Rizpah had done,
Literal Translation
And that which Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, Saul's concubine, had done was told to David.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And it was tolde Dauid what Rispa the doughter of Aia Sauls concubyne had done.
American Standard Version
And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.
Bible in Basic English
And news was given to David of what Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah, one of Saul's wives, had done.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.
King James Version (1611)
And it was tolde Dauid what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah the concubine of Saul had done.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And it was told David what Respha the daughter of Aia the concubine of Saul had done, [and they were faint, and Dan, the son of Joa of the offspring of the giants overtook them.]
English Revised Version
And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.
Berean Standard Bible
When David was told what Saul's concubine Rizpah, daughter of Aiah, had done,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And tho thingis whiche Respha, secoundarie wijf of Saul, douytir of Ahia, hadde do, weren teld to Dauid.
Young's Literal Translation
And it is declared to David that which Rizpah daughter of Aiah, concubine of Saul, hath done,
Update Bible Version
And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.
Webster's Bible Translation
And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah the concubine of Saul had done.
World English Bible
It was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.
New King James Version
And David was told what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.
New Living Translation
When David learned what Rizpah, Saul's concubine, had done,
New Life Bible
David was told what Aiah's daughter Rizpah, Saul's woman, had done.
New Revised Standard
When David was told what Rizpah daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And it was told David, - what Rizpah daughter of Aiah, Saul's concubine, had done.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And it was told David, what Respha the daughter of Aia, the concubine of Saul, had done.
Revised Standard Version
When David was told what Rizpah the daughter of Ai'ah, the concubine of Saul, had done,
THE MESSAGE
David was told what she had done, this Rizpah daughter of Aiah and concubine of Saul. He then went and got the remains of Saul and Jonathan his son from the leaders at Jabesh Gilead (who had rescued them from the town square at Beth Shan where the Philistines had hung them after striking them down at Gilboa). He gathered up their remains and brought them together with the dead bodies of the seven who had just been hanged. The bodies were taken back to the land of Benjamin and given a decent burial in the tomb of Kish, Saul's father. They did everything the king ordered to be done. That cleared things up: from then on God responded to Israel's prayers for the land.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
When it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done,

Contextual Overview

10 And Rispha the daughter of Aia, toke sackcloth, & hanged it vp for her vpon the rocke [euen] from the beginning of haruest, vntill water dropped vpon them out of heauen, & suffered neither the byrdes of the ayre to lyght on them by day, nor beastes of ye fielde by night. 11 And it was tolde Dauid what Rispha the daughter of Aia the concubine of Saul, had done. 12 And Dauid went and toke the bones of Saul and of Ionathan his sonne, from the citezins of Iabes in Gilead, which had stolen them from the streate of Bethsan where the Philistines had hanged them, whe the Philistines had slaine Saul in Gilboa: 13 And he brought thence the bones of Saul, and the bones of Ionathan his sonne, and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged. 14 And the bones of Saul & Ionathan his sonne buryed they in the countrey of Beniamin, in Zela, in the sepulchre of Cis his father: And when they had perfourmed al that the king commaunded, God was then at one with the land.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

told David: 2 Samuel 2:4, Ruth 2:11, Ruth 2:12

Cross-References

Genesis 17:18
And Abraham sayde vnto God: O that Ismael myght lyue in thy syght.
Genesis 21:1
The Lord visited Sara as he had promised, and did vnto her accordyng as he had spoke.
Genesis 21:2
For Sara conceaued, and bare Abraham a sonne in his olde age, euen the same season whiche the Lorde had appoynted.
2 Samuel 18:33
And the king was moued, and went vp to the chamber ouer the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he sayde, O my sonne Absalom, my sonne, my sonne Absalom: woulde God I had died for thee, O Absalom my sonne, my sonne.
Matthew 10:37
He that loueth father or mother, more then me, is not worthy of me. And he that loueth sonne or daughter, more the me, is not worthy of me.
Hebrews 12:11
No chashsyng for the present seemeth to be ioyous, but greeuous: Neuerthelesse, afterwarde it bryngeth the quiet fruite of ryghteousnesse, vnto the which are exercised therby.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done. Whether this was told out of good will or ill will is not certain; however, it was not disagreeable to David, but served to move pity and compassion in him to the woman, and to stir him up to give an honourable interment to Saul and his sons; and which would show that this fact was not done out of personal pique and revenge to his family, but in obedience to the will of God, and the honour of his name.


 
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