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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
Concubine of
Saul
, and the
mother
who watched over the remains of her slain sons
(Sam. 3:7; 21:8-11).
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
Concubine of
Saul
, whose two sons
Armoni
and
Mephibosheth
were given up by
David
to avenge the deeds of Saul against the Gibeonites. They, with the five sons of
Michal
, or Michal’s sister, were hanged up before the
Lord
. Rizpah protected the bodies from the
birds
and the beasts
day
and
night
, until David had their remains interred (
2 Sam. 3:7
7
And 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? (2 Samuel 3:7)
;
2 Sam. 21:8-12
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 son of Barzillai the Meholathite:
9
And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the Lord: and they fell all seven together, and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, in the beginning of barley harvest.
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 air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
11
And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.
12
And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh-gilead, which had stolen them from the street of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa: (2 Samuel 21:8‑12)
).
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Number:
7532
(
find all occurrences in KJV Bible
)
Transliteration:
Ritspah
Phonic:
rits-paw’
Meaning:
the same as
7531
; Ritspah, an Israelitess
KJV Usage:
Rizpah
Jackson’s
Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names
:
pavement: glowing
Potts’
Bible Proper Names
:
Burning coal; a hot stone; heat; beat:―concubine of Saul, 2 Sam. 3:7. {Pruna ardens}
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