2nd Samuel Chapter 3 verse 7 Holy Bible
Now Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and `Ish-bosheth' said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father's concubine?
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Now Saul had among his wives a woman named Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and Ish-bosheth said to Abner, Why have you taken my father's wife?
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And Saul had a concubine whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah. And [Ishbosheth] said to Abner, Why hast thou gone in to my father's concubine?
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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?
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And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and Ish-bosheth said to Abner, Why hast thou gone in to my father's concubine?
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Now Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and [Ish-bosheth] said to Abner, Why have you gone in to my father's concubine?
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and Saul hath a concubine, and her name `is' Rizpah daughter of Aiah, and `Ish-Bosheth' saith unto Abner, `Wherefore hast thou gone in unto the concubine of my father?'
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(7) Rizpah.--The name of this woman is associated with her strong and tender grief over the loss of her sons, recorded in 2Samuel 21:8-11.Wherefore hast thou gone in?--The harem of an Eastern monarch was considered as the property of his successor, and therefore the taking of a woman belonging to it as the assertion of a claim to the throne. (See 2Samuel 12:8; 2Samuel 16:21; 1Kings 2:22.) It is not probable that Abner had any such design, since he was exerting himself to maintain Ish-bosheth on the throne. But the king appears to have so regarded the act, as it is this implied charge of treachery that so greatly rouses the anger of Abner. The name of Ish-bosheth has dropped out of the Hebrew text, but appears in a few MSS., and is rightly restored in all the versions.Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewMeanwhile, Saulוּלְשָׁא֣וּל (ū·lə·šā·’ūl)Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 7586: Saul -- first king of Israel, also an Edomite and two Israeliteshad a concubineפִּלֶ֔גֶשׁ (pi·le·ḡeš)Noun - feminine singularStrong's 6370: A concubine, a paramournamedוּשְׁמָ֖הּ (ū·šə·māh)Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singularStrong's 8034: A nameRizpah,רִצְפָּ֣ה (riṣ·pāh)Noun - proper - feminine singularStrong's 7532: Rizpah -- concubine of Saulthe daughterבַת־ (ḇaṯ-)Noun - feminine singular constructStrong's 1323: A daughterof Aiah.אַיָּ֑ה (’ay·yāh)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 345: Aiah -- 'falcon', the name of a Horite, also of an IsraeliteSo Ish-bosheth questionedוַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (way·yō·mer)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 559: To utter, sayAbner,אַבְנֵ֔ר (’aḇ·nêr)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 74: Abner -- 'my father is a lamp', an Israelite name“Whyמַדּ֥וּעַ (mad·dū·a‘)InterrogativeStrong's 4069: Why? for what reason?did you sleep withבָּ֖אתָה (bā·ṯāh)Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singularStrong's 935: To come in, come, go in, gomy father’sאָבִֽי׃ (’ā·ḇî)Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singularStrong's 1: Fatherconcubine?”פִּילֶ֥גֶשׁ (pî·le·ḡeš)Noun - feminine singular constructStrong's 6370: A concubine, a paramourJump to PreviousAbner Aiah Ai'ah Concubine Daughter Father's Ishbosheth Ish-Bosheth Ish-Bo'sheth Rizpah Saul Sleep Wherefore Wife Wives
