1 Samuel 31:11

11 When the people of Jabesh Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,

1 Samuel 31:11 in Other Translations

11 And when the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead heard of that which the Philistines had done to Saul;

11 But when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,

11 But when the people of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,

11 The people of Jabesh Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul.

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

1 Samuel 31:11 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 31:11

And the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead
Who lived on the other side Jordan, about eight miles from Bethshan, according to Fuller ^F16:

heard of that which the Philistines had done to Saul;
not only that they had got the victory over him, and routed his army, but had abused his body, and hung it up by way of reproach and ignominy; which they could not bear to hear of, remembering with gratitude the kindness he had shown to them, in delivering them out of the hands of Nahash the Ammonite, ( 1 Samuel 11:1-13 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F16 Pisgah-Sight of Palestine, b. 2. ch. 2. p. 82.

1 Samuel 31:11 In-Context

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

10 They put his armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths and fastened his body to the wall of Beth Shan.

11 When the people of Jabesh Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,

12 all their valiant men marched through the night to Beth Shan. They took down the bodies of Saul and his sons from the wall of Beth Shan and went to Jabesh, where they burned them.

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

Cross References

• 1. S Judges 21:8; S 1 Samuel 11:1