Then the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. They told David, ‘It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul.’
2 Samuel 21:11 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised When it was reported to David what Saul’s concubine Rizpah daughter of Aiah had done, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition It was told David what Rizpah daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done. American Standard Version (1901) And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done. Common English Bible When David was told what Aiah’s daughter Rizpah, Saul’s secondary wife, had done, Catholic Public Domain Version And it was reported to David what Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And it was told David, what Respha the daughter of Aia, the concubine of Saul, had done. |
Then the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. They told David, ‘It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul.’
Rizpah, Aiah’s daughter, took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on the rock from the beginning of the harvest until the rain poured down from heaven on the bodies. She kept the birds of the sky from them by day and the wild animals by night.
he went and got the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the citizens of Jabesh-gilead. They had stolen them from the public square of Beth-shan where the Philistines had hung the bodies the day the Philistines killed Saul at Gilboa.