Rizpah
Coal; hot stone,
It happened that a grievous famine, which lasted for three years,
fell upon the land during the earlier half of David's reign at Jerusalem.
This calamity was sent "for Saul and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites."
David inquired of the Gibeonites what satisfaction they demanded, and was answered
that nothing would compensate for the wrong Saul had done to them but the death of
seven of Saul's sons. David accordingly delivered up to them the two sons of Rizpah and
five of the sons of Merab Saul's eldest daughter, whom she bore to Adriel.
These the Gibeonites put to death, and hung up their bodies before the Lord at
the sanctuary at Gibeah.
Rizpah thereupon took her place on the rock of Gibeah (a hill) and for five months
watched the suspended bodies of her children, to prevent them from being
devoured by the beasts and birds of prey, till they were at length taken down and buried by David.
2 Sam_3:7; 2 Sam_21:8, 2 Sam_21:10, 2 Sam_21:11).
Stones of Fire
"What a strange bringing together of contradictions!
Stones of Fire a stone is the last embodiment of
Principle-hard and Cold.
Fire is the essence of passion-warm and energizing.
Put the two together, and we have stones-principle;
Fire-passion; principle shot through with passion,
passion held by principle."
That is the description of a human stone of fire.
"upon the Holy Mount of God thou hast walkedup and down in the midst of the stone of fire. Ezek 28:14
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