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1 Samuel 31:11

SaulJabesh-gilead
Faithfulness and loyalty

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

10 They put his armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths and hung his body on the wall of Beth-shan.

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

12 all their men of valor set out, journeyed all night, and retrieved the bodies of Saul and his sons from the wall of Beth-shan. When they arrived at Jabesh, they burned the bodies there.

13 Then they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and they fasted seven days.

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BSB
When the people of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,
KJV
And when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard of that which the Philistines had done to Saul;
WEB
When the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,
ASV
And when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard concerning him that which the Philistines had done to Saul,
DARBY
And when the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead heard of what the Philistines had done to Saul,
BLB
And those dwelling in Jabesh-gilead heard about what the Philistines had done to Saul,
ÅB
Da innbyggerne i Jabes i Gilead fikk høre hva filistrene hadde gjort med Saul,
OTB
Da innbyggerne i Jabesj-Gilead fikk vite hva filisterne hadde gjort med Saul,
B1930
Da innbyggerne i Jabes i Gilead fikk høre hvad filistrene hadde gjort med Saul,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 2 Samuel 2:4

    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 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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