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Aiah

He was the father of Rizpah, in the united monarchy of Israel. Named in scripture at 2 Samuel 3:7.

Lived: United Monarchy

Where in scripture

2 Samuel

Now Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah; and Ishbosheth said to Abner, “Why have you gone in to my father’s concubine?”

2 Samuel 3:7

But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bore to Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she bore to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite.

2 Samuel 21:8

Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for herself on the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water 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

David was told what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.

2 Samuel 21:11

Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, a public-domain translation.

2 Samuel 3:72 Samuel 21:82 Samuel 21:102 Samuel 21:11

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