The needs of the world are so great and we are so small that our attempts to respond feel futile. How can we do anything of value when faced with such great need? The temptation is to do nothing. But in those t
10Rizpah daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on a rock. From the beginning of the harvest till the rain poured down from the heavens on the bodies, she did not let the birds touch them by day or the wild animals by night.11When David was told what Aiah’...
3. The Concubine of Gibeahis unnamed in the Bible. Her heartbreaking story is recorded inJudges 19-21. After this woman reconciled with her husband, she left her father’s house with him to travel back to their home in another city. On the way, they stayed the night in Gib...
deep and challenging. I loved that the Bible stories she picked were not the common ones but the marginalised characters who are often overlooked (including my best girl, Rizpah). I did not know a lot about Latin American history or politics so it was great to learn more about this region...
During the war between the house of Saul and the house of David, Abner had continued to strengthen his position in the house of Saul. / Now Saul had a concubine named Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah. So Ish-bosheth questioned Abner, “Why did you sleep with my father’s concubine?” /...
https://thetorah.com/article/why-is-david-and-goliaths-story-40-longer-in-the-mt-than-in-the-lxx Edit article Series Why Is David and Goliath’s Story 40% Longer in the MT Than in the LXX? The version of the story of David’s triumph over Goliath (1 Samuel 17–18) in ...
The end of David’s biography in the Bible is not about how GOOD a man or a king he was, but rather a series of stories of how God redeemed a flawed man and watched out for him with great friends and honest prophets. The story of the founding of the Temple fits this time and thi...
David sacrificed the lives of Saul’s descendants, as he focused on solving the political crisis with the Gibeonites. Rizpah, nonetheless, exposed the injustice that had been done to her sons. Her action was both long-term and public, as she kept the fact of her sons’ deaths visible befo...
truth, thereby opening up the possibility of living in dignity and harmony. Rizpah, who publicly exposed the injustice committed by David against her sons by keeping the fact of her sons' deaths visible before the people of Israel for months, provides a powerful example of creative action that...
10Rizpah daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on a rock. From the beginning of the harvest till the rain poured down from the heavens on the bodies, she did not let the birds touch them by day or the wild animals by night.11When David was told what Aiah’...