2 Samuel 21:11

11 When David was told what Aiah’s daughter Rizpah, Saul’s concubine, had done,

2 Samuel 21:11 in Other Translations

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

11 When David was told what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done,

11 When David learned what Rizpah, Saul’s concubine, had done,

11 David was told what she had done, this Rizpah daughter of Aiah and concubine of Saul.

11 When it was reported to David what Saul's concubine Rizpah, daughter of Aiah, had done,

2 Samuel 21:11 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 21:11

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.

2 Samuel 21:11 In-Context

9 He handed them over to the Gibeonites, who killed them and exposed their bodies on a hill before the LORD. All seven of them fell together; they were put to death during the first days of the harvest, just as the barley harvest was beginning.

10 Rizpah daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on a rock. From the beginning of the harvest till the rain poured down from the heavens on the bodies, she did not let the birds touch them by day or the wild animals by night.

11 When David was told what Aiah’s daughter Rizpah, Saul’s concubine, had done,

12 he went and took the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the citizens of Jabesh Gilead. (They had stolen their bodies from the public square at Beth Shan, where the Philistines had hung them after they struck Saul down on Gilboa.)

13 David brought the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from there, and the bones of those who had been killed and exposed were gathered up.