Caption

Rispa or Respha protects the bodies of the executed, Second Book of Samuel, chapter 21, verse 10 Bible, Old Testament, story, death, execution, hanging, corpses, Gibeonites, sons, birds, wild animals, crosses, crucifixion, keeping watch, rain, autumn, mountains, scare away, historical illustration based on Gustave Doré around 1880

Date

Jan 22, 2026

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Wolfgang Diederich

Reference

BRK26E46_017

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

71.5Mb (23.8Mb) / 15.0in x 18.6in / 4492 x 5565 (300dpi)

Keywords

wild book history story scripture cross Christianity faith religion son family dead body death Bird wild animal animal rain illustration Christian depiction crucification religious dead historic holy protect autumn autumnal hang rainy verse execution second precipitation Old Testament natural environment Bible Notes Historic illustration tale Religious text belief corpse animals in the wild representation crucifixion historical sacred protective fall rain-swept habitat Historical illustration Wildlife St. natural habitat books stories scriptures crosses religions sons families dead bodies deaths Birds wild animals animals illustrations depictions crucifications protecting Autumnally hanging verses raining executions precipitations natural environments Historic illustrations Religious texts corpses historically Historical illustrations body bodies depicting historical image history image history images protects Autumn Season fall season hangs rains representing