21:10 Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on a rock. From the beginning of the harvest until the rain fell on them, 5 she did not allow the birds of the air to feed 6 on them by day, nor the wild animals 7 by night.
1 tn Heb “and David returned to bless his house.”
2 tn Heb “David.” The name has been replaced by the pronoun (“him”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.
3 tn Heb “honored.”
4 tn Heb “one of the foolish ones.”
5 tn Heb “until water was poured on them from the sky.”
6 tn Heb “rest.”
7 tn Heb “the beasts of the field.”