2 Samuel 21:10 · WEB
“Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her on the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water was poured on them from the sky. She allowed neither the birds of the sky to rest on them by day, nor the animals of the field by night.”
— 2 Samuel 21:10
Era
Kingdom (~1000 BC)
Emotion
grieving
Type
narrative
Emotional genome
Comfort power
Quotability
Memorability
Crisis relevance
Standalone
This verse is part of 2 Samuel 21. The full chapter reveals the story around it.
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