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10 (A)And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it for herself on the rock, from the beginning of harvest until [a]it rained on them from the sky; and (B)she [b]allowed neither the birds of the sky to rest on them by day nor the beasts of the field by night. 11 Then it was told to David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done. 12 So David went and took (C)the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the open square of (D)Beth-shan, (E)where the Philistines had hanged them on the day (F)the Philistines struck down Saul in Gilboa. 13 And he brought up the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from there, and they gathered the bones of those who had been [c]hanged. 14 Then they buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the land of Benjamin in (G)Zela, in the grave of Kish his father; thus they did all that the king commanded, and afterwards (H)God was moved by the entreaty for the land.

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  1. 2 Samuel 21:10 Lit water was poured
  2. 2 Samuel 21:10 Lit gave
  3. 2 Samuel 21:13 Lit exposed