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1 Chronicles 10:11

Jabesh-gilead
Faithfulness and loyalty

9 They stripped Saul, cut off his head, took his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news in the temple of their idols and among their people.

10 They put his armor in the temple of their gods and hung his head in the temple of Dagon.

When the people of Jabesh-gilead heard about everything the Philistines had done to Saul,

12 all their men of valor set out and retrieved the bodies of Saul and his sons and brought them to Jabesh. And they buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh and fasted seven days.

13 So Saul died for his unfaithfulness to the LORD, because he did not keep the word of the LORD and even consulted a medium for guidance,

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BSB
When the people of Jabesh-gilead heard about everything the Philistines had done to Saul,
KJV
And when all Jabesh-gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,
WEB
When all Jabesh Gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,
ASV
And when all Jabesh-gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,
DARBY
And when all they of Jabesh-Gilead heard of all that the Philistines had done to Saul,
BLB
And all Jabesh-gilead heard of all that the Philistines had done to Saul,
ÅB
Da hele Jabes i Gilead fikk høre alt det filistrene hadde gjort med Saul,
OTB
Da folket i Jabesj-Gilead hørte alt det filisterne hadde gjort mot Saul,
B1930
Da hele Jabes i Gilead fikk høre alt det filistrene hadde gjort med Saul,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 2 Samuel 2:4–7

    Then the men of Judah came to Hebron, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, “It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul.”

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  • 1 Samuel 31:11–13

    When the people of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,

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  • 1 Samuel 11:1–11

    Soon Nahash the Ammonite came up and laid siege to Jabesh-gilead. All the men of Jabesh said to him, “Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you.”

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