Now Saul had had a concubine named Rizpah daughter of Aiah. And Ish-Bosheth said to Abner, “Why did you sleep with my father’s concubine?”

But the king took Armoni and Mephibosheth, the two sons of Aiah’s daughter Rizpah, whom she had borne to Saul, together with the five sons of Saul’s daughter Merab, whom she had borne to Adriel son of Barzillai the Meholathite.

Rizpah daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on a rock. From the beginning of the harvest till the rain poured down from the heavens on the bodies, she did not let the birds touch them by day or the wild animals by night.

When David was told what Aiah’s daughter Rizpah, Saul’s concubine, had done,

The sons of Shobal: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho and Onam. The sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah.

Their surrounding villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Token and Ashan—five towns—

Aijalon and Gath Rimmon, together with their pasturelands.

and Beriah and Shema, who were heads of families of those living in Aijalon and who drove out the inhabitants of Gath.

Zorah, Aijalon and Hebron. These were fortified cities in Judah and Benjamin.

while the Philistines had raided towns in the foothills and in the Negev of Judah. They captured and occupied Beth Shemesh, Aijalon and Gederoth, as well as Soko, Timnah and Gimzo, with their surrounding villages.

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Then, the fifth time, Sanballat sent his aide to me with the same message, and in his hand was an unsealed letter

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The descendants of the Benjamites from Geba lived in Mikmash, Aija, Bethel and its settlements,

Will your long-winded speeches never end? What ails you that you keep on arguing?

each is so close to the next that no air can pass between.

You will make them turn their backs when you aim at them with drawn bow.

Take up shield and armor; arise and come to my aid.

Give us aid against the enemy, for human help is worthless.

They sharpen their tongues like swords and aim cruel words like deadly arrows.

Remember me, Lord, when you show favor to your people, come to my aid when you save them,

Give us aid against the enemy, for human help is worthless.

She gives no thought to the way of life; her paths wander aimlessly, but she does not know it.

Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions.

They enter Aiath; they pass through Migron; they store supplies at Mikmash.