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1 Samuel 31:13

Jabesh
GriefFastingFaithfulness and loyalty

11 And when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard of that which the Philistines had done to Saul;

12 All the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there.

And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
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BSB
Then they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and they fasted seven days.
KJV
And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
WEB
They took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
ASV
And they took their bones, and buried them under the tamarisk-tree in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
DARBY
And they took their bones, and buried them under the tamarisk at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
BLB
And they took their bones and buried [them] under the tamarisk tree at Jabesh, and they fasted seven days.
ÅB
Deres ben tok de og begravde under tamarisken i Jabes, og så holdt de faste i syv dager.
OTB
Og de tok deres ben og la dem til hvile under tamarisk-treet i Jabesj, og holdt en faste i syv dager.
B1930
Deres ben tok de og begravde under tamarisken i Jabes, og så holdt de faste i syv dager.

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  • 2 Samuel 21:12–14

    And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh-gilead, which had stolen them from the street of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa:

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  • Genesis 50:10

    And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days.

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  • 2 Samuel 1:12

    And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.

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  • 1 Samuel 22:6

    When Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were with him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, having his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him;)

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  • Genesis 35:8

    But Deborah Rebekah’s nurse died, and she was buried beneath Beth-el under an oak: and the name of it was called Allon-bachuth.

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  • 2 Samuel 2:4–5

    And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, That the men of Jabesh-gilead were they that buried Saul.

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