2 Samuel 21:10
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10 (A)Then Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it for herself on the rock, from the beginning of harvest until rain fell upon them from the heavens. And she did not allow the birds of the air to come upon them by day, or the beasts of the field by night.
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Deuteronomy 21:23
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23 (A)his body shall not remain all night on the tree, but you shall bury him the same day, for (B)a hanged man is cursed by God. (C)You shall not defile your land that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance.
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Zechariah 10:1
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The Restoration for Judah and Israel
10 Ask rain (A)from the Lord
in the season of (B)the spring rain,
from the Lord (C)who makes the storm clouds,
and (D)he will give them showers of rain,
to everyone the vegetation in the field.
1 Kings 21:27
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27 And when Ahab heard those words, he (A)tore his clothes and (B)put sackcloth on his flesh and (C)fasted and lay in sackcloth and went about dejectedly.
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2 Samuel 3:7
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7 Now Saul had a concubine whose name was (A)Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah. And Ish-bosheth said to Abner, (B)“Why have you gone in to my father's concubine?”
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Joel 1:18
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18 How (A)the beasts groan!
The herds of cattle are perplexed
because there is no pasture for them;
even the flocks of sheep suffer.[a]
Footnotes
- Joel 1:18 Or are made desolate
Ezekiel 39:4
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4 (A)You shall fall on (B)the mountains of Israel, you and all your (C)hordes and the peoples who are with you. (D)I will give you to birds of prey of every sort and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
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Jeremiah 14:22
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22 Are there any among (A)the false gods of the nations (B)that can bring rain?
Or can the heavens give showers?
Are you not he, O Lord our God?
We set our hope on you,
(C)for you do all these things.
Jeremiah 5:24-25
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24 They do not say in their hearts,
‘Let us fear the Lord our God,
(A)who gives the rain in its season,
the autumn rain and the spring rain,
and keeps for us
(B)the weeks appointed for the harvest.’
25 (C)Your iniquities have turned these away,
and your sins have kept good from you.
1 Kings 18:41-45
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The Lord Sends Rain
41 And Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink, for there is a sound of the rushing of rain.” 42 So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Mount Carmel. (A)And he bowed himself down on the earth and put his face between his knees. 43 And he said to his servant, “Go up now, look toward the sea.” And he went up and looked and said, “There is nothing.” And he said, “Go again,” seven times. 44 And at the seventh time he said, “Behold, (B)a little cloud like a man's hand is rising from the sea.” And he said, “Go up, say to Ahab, ‘Prepare your chariot and go down, lest the rain stop you.’” 45 And in a little while the heavens grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode and went to (C)Jezreel.
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Deuteronomy 21:13
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13 And she shall take off the clothes in which she was captured and shall remain in your house and (A)lament her father and her mother a full month. After that you may go in to her and be her husband, and she shall be your wife.
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Deuteronomy 11:14
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14 (A)he[a] will give the rain for your land in its season, (B)the early rain and the later rain, that you may gather in your grain and your wine and your oil.
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- Deuteronomy 11:14 Samaritan, Septuagint, Vulgate; Hebrew I; also verse 15
2 Samuel 21:8-9
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8 The king took the two sons of (A)Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bore to Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Merab[a] the daughter of Saul, whom (B)she bore to (C)Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite; 9 and he gave them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them on the mountain before the Lord, and the seven of them perished together. They were put to death in the first days of harvest, (D)at the beginning of barley harvest.
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- 2 Samuel 21:8 Two Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts Michal
1 Samuel 17:44
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44 The Philistine said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh (A)to the birds of the air and to the beasts of the field.”
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Genesis 40:19
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19 (A)In three days Pharaoh will lift up your head—from you!—and (B)hang you on a tree. And the birds will eat the flesh from you.”
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