Then the men of Judah came and there anointed David king over the house of Judah. Then they told David saying, “It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul.”
2 Samuel 21:11 - Tree of Life Version David was told what Rizpah daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, 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 anointed David king over the house of Judah. Then they told David saying, “It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul.”
Then Rizpah daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it on the rock for herself, from the beginning of harvest until the rain poured on them from the sky. She did not let the birds of the sky rest on them by day nor the beasts of the field by night.
So David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of his son Jonathan from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the open square of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them on the day that the Philistines killed Saul in Gilboa.