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2 Samuel 3:7

And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and Ishbosheth said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father’s concubine?

KJV

Fuerat autem Sauli concubina nomine Respha, filia Aja. Dixitque Isboseth ad Abner :

Vulgate

καὶ τῷ Σαοὺλ παλλακὴ Ῥεσφὰ θυγάτηρ Ἰάλ· καὶ εἶπεν Μεμφιβόσθε υἱὸς Σαοὺλ πρὸς Ἀβεννήρ Τί ὅτι εἰσῆλθες πρὸς τὴν παλλακὴν τοῦ πατρός μου;

LXX

Now Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: andIsh-boshethsaid to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father’s concubine?

ASV

וּ/לְ/שָׁא֣וּל פִּלֶ֔גֶשׁ וּ/שְׁמָ֖/הּ רִצְפָּ֣ה בַת אַיָּ֑ה וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ אֶל אַבְנֵ֔ר מַדּ֥וּעַ בָּ֖אתָה אֶל פִּילֶ֥גֶשׁ אָבִֽ/י

Hebrew

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In this verse

People SaulIsh-boshethAbnerRizpah

In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אַבְנֵ֣ר
'bnr
proper_noun · 63×
אַיָּ֥ה
'yh
proper_noun · 6×
בַּת
bt
noun · 585×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
ו
v
noun · 1201×
וֹ
v
noun · 37×
וֹ
v
noun · 848×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
מַדּ֖וּעַ
mdv'
adverb · 71×
רִצְפָּ֣ה
rtsph
proper_noun · 4×
שָׁא֔וּל
sh'vl
proper_noun · 404×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Sam 21:8 — But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the so
  • 2Sam 21:8 — But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the so
  • 2Sam 21:10 — And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the ai