Rizpah

Concubine of Saul; mother of Armoni and Mephibosheth

A written article for Rizpah is still to come. Below and alongside: where Rizpah appears in Scripture, with the original words and any dates on record.

  • 1100 BC
    1000 BC
  • Rizpah
    1048 BC to 1018 BC

Original word

  • רִצְפָּה rizpah
    H7532
Relationships
Father: Aiah Son: Armoni Son: Mephibosheth Husband: Saul
Citations
“Rizpah.” Theographic Bible Metadata (Viz.Bible). theographic-bible-metadata. Theographic Bible Metadata · CC BY-SA 4.0 Accessed 2026-08-29.
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Where Rizpah appears in Scripture

2 Samuel 3

וּלְשָׁאוּל פִּלֶגֶשׁ וּשְׁמָהּ רִצְפָּה בַת-אַיָּה וַיֹּאמֶר אֶל-אַבְנֵר מַדּוּעַ בָּאתָה אֶל-פִּילֶגֶשׁ אָבִֽי׃
7
And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and Ish-bosheth said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father's concubine?

2 Samuel 21

וַיִּקַּח הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶת-שְׁנֵי בְּנֵי רִצְפָּה בַת-אַיָּה אֲשֶׁר יָֽלְדָה לְשָׁאוּל אֶת-אַרְמֹנִי וְאֶת-מְפִבֹשֶׁת וְאֶת-חֲמֵשֶׁת בְּנֵי מִיכַל בַּת-שָׁאוּל אֲשֶׁר יָֽלְדָה לְעַדְרִיאֵל בֶּן-בַּרְזִלַּי הַמְּחֹֽלָתִֽי׃
8
But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite:
וַתִּקַּח רִצְפָּה בַת-אַיָּה אֶת-הַשַּׂק וַתַּטֵּהוּ לָהּ אֶל-הַצּוּר מִתְּחִלַּת קָצִיר עַד נִתַּךְ-מַיִם עֲלֵיהֶם מִן-הַשָּׁמָיִם וְלֹֽא-נָתְנָה עוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם לָנוּחַ עֲלֵיהֶם יוֹמָם וְאֶת-חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה לָֽיְלָה׃
10
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.
וַיֻּגַּד לְדָוִד אֵת אֲשֶׁר-עָֽשְׂתָה רִצְפָּה בַת-אַיָּה פִּלֶגֶשׁ שָׁאֽוּל׃
11
And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.