2 Samuel 21:10 KJV

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 air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.

Old Words

  • suffered to allow; to permit (also to undergo)

What these words meant when the King James Bible was translated.

Matthew Henry

Thompson Chains

  • Maternal LoveSee the chain from Genesis 21:16 · 8 links
  • SackclothSee the chain from Genesis 37:34 · 11 links

Cross References

  • Deuteronomy 21:23 His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.
  • 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?
  • Genesis 40:19 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.
  • Deuteronomy 11:14 That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.
  • Deuteronomy 21:13 And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thine house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife.

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Topics

  • Ajah 2. Father of Rizpah
  • David Death and burial of Saul and his sons
  • Parents Rizpah
  • Rizpah Guards the bodies of her sons who were hanged by the command of David

Kings of Israel & Judah

  • DavidKing of Israel · 1055–1015 BC

Timeline

Bible Dictionary

  • RizpahCoal; hot stone, the daughter of Aiah, and one of Saul’s concubines. She was the mother of Armoni and Mephibosheth (2 Sam 3:7; 2 Sam...

Strong’s Numbers

  • And Rizpah רִצְפָּה Ritspâh
  • the daughter בַּת bath
  • of Aiah אַיָּה ʼAyâh
  • took לָקַח lâqach
  • sackcloth שַׂק saq
  • and spread נָטָה nâṭâh
  • it for her upon the rock צוּר tsûwr
  • from the beginning תְּחִלָּה tᵉchillâh
  • of harvest קָצִיר qâtsîyr
  • until water מַיִם mayim
  • dropped נָתַךְ nâthak
  • upon them out of heaven שָׁמַיִם shâmayim
  • and suffered נָתַן nâthan
  • neither the birds עוֹף ʻôwph
  • of the air שָׁמַיִם shâmayim
  • to rest נוּחַ nûwach
  • on them by day יוֹמָם yôwmâm
  • nor the beasts חַי chay
  • of the field שָׂדֶה sâdeh
  • by night לַיִל layil

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