2 Samuel 21:10
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 2 Samuel 21:10 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
2 Samuel 21:10 is a verse from the book of 2 Samuel in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
2 Samuel 21:10 — KJV
“And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.”
— 2 Samuel 21:10 (KJV)
2 Samuel 21:10 in Context — About the Book of 2 Samuel
2 Samuel covers David's reign — his triumphs, his devastating fall with Bathsheba, and his raw, honest walk back to God. It shows that even a man after God's own heart needs mercy, and that God's covenant love survives our worst chapters.
Cross-References for 2 Samuel 21:10
“And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments. commandments: Heb. words”
Shares key themes with 2 Samuel 21:10: water, neither, day
“Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king's high way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders.”
Shares key themes with 2 Samuel 21:10: until, water, neither
“When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat bread nor drink water:”
Shares key themes with 2 Samuel 21:10: water, neither, day
“And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.”
Shares key themes with 2 Samuel 21:10: water, neither, day
“And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter. brought...: Heb. nourished fair...: Heb. fair of form, and good of countenance”
Shares key themes with 2 Samuel 21:10: daughter, took, neither
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