2-Samuel - 21:11



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

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Explanation and meaning of 2-Samuel 21:11.

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And it was told David, what Respha the daughter of Aia, the concubine of Saul, had done.
And it is declared to David that which Rizpah daughter of Aiah, concubine of Saul, hath done,
And news was given to David of what Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah, one of Saul's wives, had done.
And it was reported to David what Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.

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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.

David - Who heard it with so much approbation, that he thought fit to imitate her piety, being by her example provoked to do what hitherto he had neglected, to bestow an honourable interment on the remains of Saul and Jonathan, and, with them, upon those that are now put to death, that the honour done to them herein, might be some comfort to this disconsolate widow.

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