2 Samuel 21:10

New American Bible - revised edition

Then Rizpah, Aiah’s daughter, took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on the rock from the beginning of the harvest until rain came down on them from the heavens, fending off the birds of the heavens from settling on them by day, and the wild animals by night.

Cross References

Genesis 40:19

within three days Pharaoh will single you out and will impale you on a stake, and the birds will be eating your flesh.”

2 Samuel 21:11

When David was informed of what Rizpah, Aiah’s daughter, the concubine of Saul, had done,

2 Samuel 3:7

Now Saul had had a concubine, Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah. And Ishbaal, son of Saul, said to Abner, “Why have you slept with my father’s concubine?”

1 Kings 21:27

When Ahab heard these words, he tore his garments and put on sackcloth over his bare flesh. He fasted, slept in the sackcloth, and went about subdued.

Jeremiah 14:22

Among the idols of the nations are there any that give rain? Or can the mere heavens send showers? Is it not you, Lord, our God, to whom we look? You alone do all these things.

Ezekiel 39:4

Upon the mountains of Israel you shall fall, you and all your troops and the peoples with you. I will give you as food to birds of prey of every kind and to wild beasts to be eaten.

Hosea 6:3

Let us know, let us strive to know the Lord; as certain as the dawn is his coming. He will come to us like the rain, like spring rain that waters the earth.”

Joel 1:18

How the animals groan! The herds of cattle are bewildered! Because they have no pasture, even the flocks of sheep are starving.

Joel 2:23

Children of Zion, delight and rejoice in the Lord, your God! For he has faithfully given you the early rain, sending rain down on you, the early and the late rains as before.

Zechariah 10:1

Ask the Lord for rain in the spring season, the Lord who brings storm clouds, and heavy rains, who gives to everyone grain in the fields.

Deuteronomy 11:14

I will give the seasonal rain to your land, the early rain and the late rain, that you may have your grain, wine and oil to gather in;

Deuteronomy 21:13

lay aside her captive’s garb, and stay in your house, mourning her father and mother for a full month. After that, you may come to her, and you shall be her husband and she shall be your wife.

Deuteronomy 21:22

If a man guilty of a capital offense is put to death and you hang him on a tree,

Deuteronomy 21:23

his corpse shall not remain on the tree overnight. You must bury it the same day; anyone who is hanged is a curse of God. You shall not defile the land which the Lord, your God, is giving you as a heritage.

1 Samuel 17:44

and said to him, “Come here to me, and I will feed your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field.”

1 Samuel 17:46

Today the Lord shall deliver you into my hand; I will strike you down and cut off your head. This very day I will feed your dead body and the dead bodies of the Philistine army to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field; thus the whole land shall learn that Israel has a God.