1 Samuel 31:13

KJV1611 – Modern English

They took their bones and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

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  • Gen 50:10 : 10 And they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation, and he made a mourning for his father seven days.
  • 2 Sam 21:12-14 : 12 And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabeshgilead, who had stolen them from the street of Bethshan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines killed Saul in Gilboa: 13 And he brought up the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from there; and they gathered the bones of those who were hanged. 14 And they buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the tomb of Kish his father; and they carried out all that the king commanded. And after that, God was entreated for the land.
  • 1 Sam 22:6 : 6 When Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were with him, (now Saul stayed in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, having his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him;)
  • 2 Sam 1:12 : 12 And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until evening, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel; because they had fallen by the sword.
  • 2 Sam 2:4-5 : 4 And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, It was the men of Jabeshgilead who buried Saul. 5 And David sent messengers to the men of Jabeshgilead, and said to them, Blessed be you of the LORD, that you have shown this kindness to your lord, even to Saul, and have buried him.
  • Gen 35:8 : 8 But Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and its name was called Allonbachuth.

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    7And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that they had fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook their cities and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

    8And it came to pass on the next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.

    9And when they had stripped him, they took his head and his armor, and sent them into the land of the Philistines all around, to proclaim the news to their idols and to the people.

    10And they put his armor in the house of their gods and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon.

    11And when all Jabeshgilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,

    12All the valiant men arose and took away the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

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    6So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armor-bearer, and all his men, that same day together.

    7When the men of Israel who were on the other side of the valley and those who were across the Jordan saw that the men of Israel had fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned the cities and fled, and the Philistines came and lived in them.

    8The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.

    9They cut off his head, stripped off his armor, and sent it throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim it in the house of their idols, and among the people.

    10They placed his armor in the house of Ashtaroth and fastened his body to the wall of Bethshan.

    11When the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead heard of what the Philistines had done to Saul,

    12all the valiant men arose and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Bethshan, and came to Jabesh, and burned them there.

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    12And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabeshgilead, who had stolen them from the street of Bethshan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines killed Saul in Gilboa:

    13And he brought up the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from there; and they gathered the bones of those who were hanged.

    14And they buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the tomb of Kish his father; and they carried out all that the king commanded. And after that, God was entreated for the land.

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    11Then David took hold of his clothes and tore them; and likewise all the men that were with him:

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    4And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, It was the men of Jabeshgilead who buried Saul.

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