”Now Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it for herself on the rock, from the beginning of harvest until the late rains poured on them from heaven. And she did not allow the birds of the air to rest on them by day nor the beasts of the field by night. And David was told what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done. Then David went and took the bones of Saul, and the bones of Jonathan his son, from the men of Jabesh Gilead who had stolen them from the street of Beth Shan, where the Philistines had hung them up, after the Philistines had struck down Saul in Gilboa. So 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 hanged. They buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the tomb of Kish his father.
II Samuel 21:10-14a NKJV
a. Spread it for herself on the rock…until the late rains poured on them from heaven: Rizpah – the mother of two of the seven delivered for execution – held a vigil over the bodies until the late rains came. The coming of rain showed that the famine was over, that justice was satisfied, and that Israel was delivered.
i. This means that the bodies of these men were deliberately left unburied. This was to emphasize the fact that these men were executed as an act of judgment.
b. They gathered the bones: David gave these seven a public burial, together with the remains of Saul and Jonathan. (Guzik)
Burial
As we age we realize that time is short and we aren’t invincible. The wise makes plans for the inevitable, the day of our demise.
I’m reminded of what Billy Graham said and look forward to going home!
“The moment we take our last breath on earth, we take our first in heaven.”
We’ve made plans for our burial, have you?
Blessings
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