2 Samuel 21:10

Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

Rizpah spread out some sackcloth on a nearby rock. She wouldn't let the birds land on the bodies during the day, and she kept the wild animals away at night. She stayed there from the beginning of the harvest until it started to rain.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 21:23

you must not leave it there overnight. Bury it the same day, because the dead body of a criminal hanging on a tree will bring God's curse on the land. The Lord your God is giving this land to you, so don't make it unclean by leaving the bodies of executed criminals on display.

Zechariah 10:1

I, the Lord, am the one who sends storm clouds and showers of rain to make fields produce. So when the crops need rain, you should pray to me.

Joel 2:23

People of Zion, celebrate in honor of the Lord your God! He is generous and has sent the autumn and spring rains in the proper seasons.

2 Samuel 3:7

He had even slept with a wife of Saul by the name of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah. But Saul's son Ishbosheth told Abner, “You shouldn't have slept with one of my father's wives!”

Joel 1:18

Our cattle wander aimlessly, moaning for lack of pasture, and sheep are suffering.

Hosea 6:3

Let's do our best to know the Lord. His coming is as certain as the morning sun; he will refresh us like rain renewing the earth in the springtime.

Ezekiel 39:4

and you and your army will die on those mountains. Then birds and wild animals will eat the flesh

Jeremiah 14:22

Idols can't send rain, and showers don't fall by themselves. Only you control the rain, so we put our trust in you, the Lord our God.

Deuteronomy 11:14

he will send rain at the right seasons, so you will have more than enough food, wine, and olive oil, and there will be plenty of grass for your cattle.

1 Samuel 17:44

and shouted, “Come on! When I'm finished with you, I'll feed you to the birds and wild animals!”

Genesis 40:19

and in three days the king will cut off your head. He will hang your body on a pole, and birds will come and peck at it.

1 Samuel 17:46

Today the Lord will help me defeat you. I'll knock you down and cut off your head, and I'll feed the bodies of the other Philistine soldiers to the birds and wild animals. Then the whole world will know that Israel has a real God.

2 Samuel 21:11

Earlier the Philistines had killed Saul and Jonathan on Mount Gilboa and had hung their bodies in the town square at Beth-Shan. The people of Jabesh in Gilead had secretly taken the bodies away, but David found out what Saul's wife Rizpah had done, and he went to the leaders of Jabesh to get the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan.

Deuteronomy 21:22

If a criminal is put to death, and you hang the dead body on a tree,