2 Samuel 21:10
And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
Rizpah remained alone beside the bodies after the execution, keeping watch over the seven hanged men, who included her two sons and the other executed men. She had spread sackcloth for herself upon the rock and stayed there in the open, guarding them from birds by day and wild animals by night. Her vigil lasted from the beginning of the barley harvest in early May until rain came in October, through the long summer under the open sky.
By day she kept the birds, specifically vultures, from resting on them, and by night she kept away the beasts of the field, specifically hyenas. The bodies decayed and fell apart while she continued to guard them, until someone gathered the bones and buried them. Although the law forbade a hanged body to remain until sunset, these bodies were left exposed, and Rizpah stayed alone with them through the night.
The verse belongs to the later history in which the judgments announced by Nathan after David's sin concerning Uriah were fulfilled. It is cited for the claim that human blood cannot appease God. The chapter is cited as an example that God hates oppression and will not leave it unchallenged, even when it is practiced against people outside the household of faith, without further explanation of verse 10 itself.
The verse is used as a comparison for the claim that a deceased mother continues watching over and helping her living children. Her long vigil over the bodies serves as an example of people continuing to nurse grief, disappointment, and suffering instead of laying them to rest. What became of Rizpah herself, or who cared for her, is not told.