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2 Samuel 21:8-11
New American Standard Bible
2 Samuel 21:8-11
New American Standard Bible
8 So the king took the two sons of (A)Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, Armoni and Mephibosheth whom she had borne to Saul, and the five sons of [a](B)Merab the daughter of Saul, whom she had borne to Adriel the son of Barzillai the (C)Meholathite. 9 Then he handed them over to the Gibeonites, and they [b]hanged them on the mountain before the Lord, so that the seven of them fell together; and they were put to death in the first days of harvest at (D)the beginning of barley harvest.
10 (E)And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on the rock, from the beginning of harvest until [c]it rained on them from the sky; and (F)she [d]allowed neither the birds of the sky to rest on them by day nor the wild animals by night. 11 When it was reported to David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done,
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- 2 Samuel 21:8 As in some ancient versions and two Heb mss; MT Michal
- 2 Samuel 21:9 Or exposed them
- 2 Samuel 21:10 Lit water gushed forth
- 2 Samuel 21:10 Lit gave
2 Samuel 21:8-11
New International Version
2 Samuel 21:8-11
New International Version
8 But the king took Armoni and Mephibosheth, the two sons of Aiah’s daughter Rizpah,(A) whom she had borne to Saul, together with the five sons of Saul’s daughter Merab,[a] whom she had borne to Adriel son of Barzillai the Meholathite.(B) 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(C) during the first days of the harvest, just as the barley harvest was beginning.(D)
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.(E) 11 When David was told what Aiah’s daughter Rizpah, Saul’s concubine, had done,
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 21:8 Two Hebrew manuscripts, some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac (see also 1 Samuel 18:19); most Hebrew and Septuagint manuscripts Michal
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