2 Samuel 21:13

13 and he brought up from there the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan, his son; and they gathered the bones of those that had been disjointed by being hanged from a tree,

2 Samuel 21:13 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 21:13

And he brought up from thence the bones of Saul, and the bones
of Jonathan his son
Which had been buried there under an oak, ( 1 Chronicles 10:12 ) ;

and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged;
the seven sons of Saul, who had been lately hanged; who either had hung so long that their flesh was consumed, and the bones dropped upon the ground, from whence they gathered them; or they took them down and burnt the flesh off of them, and took the bones to bury them, which was not usually done ^F21.

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FOOTNOTES:

F21 Lipsins de Cruce, l. 2. c. 16.

2 Samuel 21:13 In-Context

11 And it was told David what Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.

12 Then 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 plaza of Bethshan where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa;

13 and he brought up from there the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan, his son; and they gathered the bones of those that had been disjointed by being hanged from a tree,

14 and they buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan, his son, in the land of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father; and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was intreated for the land.

15 And the Philistines made war again with Israel; and David went down, and his slaves with him, and fought against the Philistines; and David became weary.