2 Samuel 21:11 When David was told what Aiah's daughter Rizpah, Saul's concubine, had done,

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
When David was told what Aiah's daughter Rizpah, Saul's concubine, had done,

English Standard Version
When David was told what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done,

New American Standard Bible
When it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done,

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When it was reported to David what Saul's concubine Rizpah, daughter of Aiah, had done,

International Standard Version
When David was informed what Rizpah, the daughter of Saul's mistress had done,

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

Douay-Rheims Bible
And it was told David, what Respha the daughter of Aia, the concubine of Saul, had done.

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

Young's Literal Translation
And it is declared to David that which Rizpah daughter of Aiah, concubine of Saul, hath done,

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

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 great power. When God sent rain to water the earth, these bodies were buried, for then it appeared that God was entreated for the land. When justice is done on earth, vengeance from heaven ceases. God is pacified, and is entreated for us through Christ, who was hanged on a tree, and so made a curse for us, to do away our guilt, though he was himself guiltless.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

2Sa 21:10, 11. Rizpah's Kindness unto the Dead.

10. Rizpah … took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock—She erected a tent near the spot, in which she and her servants kept watch, as the relatives of executed persons were wont to do, day and night, to scare the birds and beasts of prey away from the remains exposed on the low-standing gibbets.