# 2 Samuel 21

## Verse Summary

NIV2011 verse same as 1984 | 15 | 68.18%
NIV2011 verse same as tNIV | 7 | 31.82%
NIV2011 rejected tNIV, reverted to NIV1984 |  | %
NIV2011 verse verse is new | 0 | %

## Word Summary

NIV2011 words same as 1984 | 297 | 96.12%
NIV2011 changed words | 12 | 3.88%
NIV2011 removed words | 10 |
NIV2011 added words | 14 |

## Changes

| Result | NIV1984 | tNIV(2005) | NIV2011
21:3 | tNIV | David asked the Gibeonites, “What shall I do for you? How shall I make amends so that you will bless the LORD’s inheritance?” | David asked the Gibeonites, “What shall I do for you? How shall I make amends atonement so that you will bless the LORD’s inheritance?” | David asked the Gibeonites, “What shall I do for you? How shall I make amends atonement so that you will bless the LORD’s inheritance?”
21:6 | tNIV | let seven of his male descendants be given to us to be killed and exposed before the LORD at Gibeah of Saul—the LORD’s chosen one.” So the king said, “I will give them to you.” | let seven of his male descendants be given to us to be killed and their bodies exposed before the LORD at Gibeah of Saul—the LORD’s chosen one.” So the king said, “I will give them to you.” | let seven of his male descendants be given to us to be killed and their bodies exposed before the LORD at Gibeah of Saul—the LORD’s chosen one.” So the king said, “I will give them to you.”
21:9 | tNIV | He handed them over to the Gibeonites, who killed and exposed them 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. | He handed them over to the Gibeonites, who killed them and exposed them 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. | He handed them over to the Gibeonites, who killed them and exposed them 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.
21:10 | tNIV | 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 of the air touch them by day or the wild animals by night. | 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 of the air touch them by day or the wild animals by night. | 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 of the air touch them by day or the wild animals by night.
21:12 | tNIV | he went and took the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the citizens of Jabesh Gilead. (They had taken them secretly from the public square at Beth Shan, where the Philistines had hung them after they struck Saul down on Gilboa.) | he went and took the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the citizens of Jabesh Gilead. (They had taken them secretly stolen their bodies from the public square at Beth Shan, where the Philistines had hung them after they struck Saul down on Gilboa.) | he went and took the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the citizens of Jabesh Gilead. (They had taken them secretly stolen their bodies from the public square at Beth Shan, where the Philistines had hung them after they struck Saul down on Gilboa.)
21:18 | tNIV | In the course of time, there was another battle with the Philistines, at Gob. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Saph, one of the descendants of Rapha. | In the course of time, there was another battle with the Philistines, at Gob. At that time Sibbecai Sibbekai the Hushathite killed Saph, one of the descendants of Rapha. | In the course of time, there was another battle with the Philistines, at Gob. At that time Sibbecai Sibbekai the Hushathite killed Saph, one of the descendants of Rapha.
21:19 | tNIV | In another battle with the Philistines at Gob, Elhanan son of Jaare-Oregim the Bethlehemite killed Goliath the Gittite, who had a spear with a shaft like a weaver’s rod. | In another battle with the Philistines at Gob, Elhanan son of Jaare-Oregim Jair the Bethlehemite killed the brother of Goliath the Gittite, who had a spear with a shaft like a weaver’s rod. | In another battle with the Philistines at Gob, Elhanan son of Jaare-Oregim Jair the Bethlehemite killed the brother of Goliath the Gittite, who had a spear with a shaft like a weaver’s rod.