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1 Samuel 31:11-13

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11 1But when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,
12 2all 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 they came to Jabesh 3and burned them there.
13 And they took their bones 4and buried them under 5the tamarisk tree in Jabesh and 6fasted seven days.
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1 Samuel 31:11-13 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO FIRST SAMUEL 31

This chapter gives an account of the battle between the Philistines and the Israelites, which had been preparing for, and the issue of it; in which Saul, his three sons, and his servants, were slain, upon which his army fled, and several of his cities were taken, 1Sa 31:1-7; what the Philistines did with his body and his armour, 1Sa 31:8-10; the former of which, together with the bodies of his sons, the men of Jabeshgilead rescued, and burnt them, and buried their bones under a tree at Jabesh, expressing great sorrow and concern, 1Sa 31:11-13.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 6

  • 1. 2 Samuel 21:10; See 1 Samuel 11:1-11
  • 2. 2 Samuel 2:4-7
  • 3. [2 Chronicles 16:14; 2 Chronicles 21:19; Jeremiah 34:5]
  • 4. 2 Samuel 21:12, 14
  • 5. [1 Samuel 22:6]
  • 6. [Genesis 50:10]
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