⁷ He had even slept with a wife^[a] of Saul by the name of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah. But Saul's son Ishbosheth^[b] told Abner, “You shouldn't have slept with one of my father's wives!”

^8 (A) But Saul and Rizpah the daughter of Aiah had two sons named Armoni and Mephibosheth. Saul's daughter Merab^[a] had five sons whose father was Adriel the son of Barzillai from Meholah.^[b] David took Rizpah's two sons and Merab's five sons and

Rizpah Takes Care of the Bodies

¹⁰ Rizpah spread out some sackcloth^[a] on a nearby rock. She wouldn't let the birds land on the bodies during the day, and she kept the wild animals away at night. She stayed there from the beginning of the harvest until it started to rain.^[b]

The Burial of Saul and His Descendants

^11-12 (A) Earlier the Philistines had killed Saul and Jonathan on Mount Gilboa and had hung their bodies in the town square at Beth-Shan. The people of Jabesh in Gilead had secretly taken the bodies away, but David found out what Saul's wife^[a] Rizpah had done, and he went to the leaders of Jabesh to get the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan.