Then Rizpah daughter of Aiah, the mother of two of the men, spread burlap on a rock and stayed there the entire harvest season. She prevented the scavenger birds from tearing at their bodies during the day and stopped wild animals from eating them at night.

Commentaries

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Dropped - Rather, this means “poured,” the proper word for heavy rain (Exodus 9:33). The “early rain,” or heavy rain of autumn, …

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth
Both as a token of mourning for her sons, and as fittest to defend fr…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

That a guilty land should enjoy many years of plenty calls for gratitude; and we need not wonder that misused abundance is punished with scarcity. …