Rizpah


Rizpah the daughter of Aiah

A concubine of Saul.

Rizpah is the subject of drama between Ish-bosheth and Abner

As Abner was making himself strong in the house of Saul, Ish-bosheth accused him of going into his father's concubine. This made Abner so angry, he defected to David's side against Ish-bosheth. (2 Samuel 3:6-11)

Going into a former king's concubine isn't a matter of lust necessarily. It bestows some legitimacy to the throne.

Though they had to be hanged, Rizpah protects her sons' bodies from birds and animals, day and night, and earns Saul's family a proper burial

During a 3-year famine, King David sought the LORD and learned of the bloodguilt of Saul's house against the Gibeonites. They asked for 7 of Saul's sons to hang in Gibeah of Saul, so David gave them Armoni and Mephibosheth of Saul and Rizpah the daughter of Aiah and the 5 sons of Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite and Merab.

Rizpah took sackcloth and spread it for herself on the rock then from the beginning of the harvest until rain fell, she kept bird and animals away from her sons' bodies. When David heard of her, he gathered Saul, Jonathan, and the hanged sons' bones and had them interred in Kish's tomb in the land of Benjamin in Zela.

(2 Samuel 21:1-14)