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1 Chronicles 10:12

Jabesh
Faithfulness and loyaltyCourage and strength

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

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

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,

14 and he failed to inquire of the LORD. So the LORD put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse.

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BSB
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.
KJV
They arose, all the valiant men, 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.
WEB
all 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.
ASV
all 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.
DARBY
all the valiant men arose, and took up the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the terebinth of Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
BLB
and all the men of valor arose and lifted up the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons, and they brought them to Jabesh, and they buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and they fasted seven days.
ÅB
dro alle våpenføre menn avsted og tok Sauls og hans sønners kropper og førte dem til Jabes; og de begravde deres ben under terebinten i Jabes og holdt faste i syv dager.
OTB
stod alle de tapre mennene opp og tok Sauls kropp og sønnenes kropper,
og de brakte dem til Jabesj,
og de begravde deres ben under eiken i Jabesj,
og de fastet i syv dager.
B1930
drog alle våbenføre menn avsted og tok Sauls og hans sønners kropper og førte dem til Jabes; og de begravde deres ben under terebinten i Jabes og holdt faste i syv dager.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 2 Samuel 21:12–14

    he went and took the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the public square of Beth-shan where the Philistines had hung the bodies after they had struck down Saul at Gilboa.

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  • 2 Samuel 3:35

    Then all the people came and urged David to eat something while it was still day, but David took an oath, saying, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun sets!”

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  • Genesis 35:8

    Now Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethel. So Jacob named it Allon-bachuth.

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  • Genesis 50:10

    When they reached the threshing floor of Atad, which is across the Jordan, they lamented and wailed loudly, and Joseph mourned for his father seven days.

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