¹¹ When David was told what Aiah’s daughter Rizpah, Saul’s concubine, had done,

⁴ Then the men of Judah came to Hebron,^(A) and there they anointed^(B) David king over the tribe of Judah.

When David was told that it was the men from Jabesh Gilead^(C) who had buried Saul,

¹¹ Boaz replied, “I’ve been told all about what you have done for your mother-in-law^(A) since the death of your husband^(B)—how you left your father and mother and your homeland and came to live with a people you did not know^(C) before.^{(D) 12} May the Lord repay you for what you have done. May you be richly rewarded by the Lord,^(E) the God of Israel,^(F) under whose wings^(G) you have come to take refuge.^(H)”