Bible Strands

Rizpah

A woman, in the time of the United Monarchy · named in 4 verses

Rizpah was a concubine of King Saul and the mother of Armoni and Mephibosheth, who were executed by the Gibeonites.

From Easton's Bible Dictionary

Coal; hot stone, the daughter of Aiah, and one of Saul's concubines. She was the mother of Armoni and Mephibosheth (2 Sam. 3:7; 21:8, 10, 11).

Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 1897 — public domain, quoted in full and unedited.

Family

Parents Aiah
Partners Saul

From STEPBible's TIPNR genealogy data. A relationship the data marks uncertain is not shown here.

First named at 2 Samuel 3:7.

See Rizpah in the family tree →

Verses that name Rizpah