HER CHARACTER: Saul’s concubine Rizpah was the mother of Armoni and Mephibosheth. Though a woman with a few rights and little power, she displayed great courage and loyalty after the death of her sons.
HER SORROW: That her only sons were executed, and their bodies dishonored because of their father’s crime.
HER JOY: That the bodies of her sons were finally given an honorable burial
KEY SCRIPTURE: 2 Samuel 21:8-14
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