2 Samuel 21:9-13
before ... Lord <06440 03068> [before the Lord.]
beginning <08462> [in the beginning.]
This happened in Judea about the vernal equinox, or 21st of March.
Rizpah <07532> [Rizpah.]
took sackcloth <03947 08242> [took sackcloth.]
beginning <08462> [from the.]
rain <04325> [until water.]
Some suppose that this means a providential supply of rain, in order to remove the famine; but from the manner in which it is introduced, it seems to denote the autumnal rains, which commence about October. For five months did this broken-hearted woman watch by the bodies of her sons!
birds <05775> [the birds.]
David ... told <01732 05046> [told David.]
bones ... Saul ..................................... Saul <06106 07586> [the bones of Saul.]
Beth Shan <01052> [Beth-shan.]
[Beth-shean.]
Gilboa <01533> [in Gilboa.]
