1 Chronicles 10:12

12 all their men of valor set out and retrieved the bodies of Saul and his sons and brought them to Jabesh. And they buried their bones under the oak ^[a] in Jabesh and fasted seven days.

1 Chronicles 10:12 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 31:12

(See Gill on 1 Samuel 31:12)

1 Chronicles 10:12 In-Context

10 They put his armor in the temple of their gods and hung his head in the temple of Dagon.

11 When all the people of Jabesh-gilead heard about everything the Philistines had done to Saul,

12 all their men of valor set out and retrieved the bodies of Saul and his sons and brought them to Jabesh. And they buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh and fasted seven days.

13 So Saul died for his unfaithfulness to the LORD, because he did not keep the word of the LORD and even consulted a medium for guidance,

14 and he failed to inquire of the LORD. So the LORD put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse.

Footnotes

• [a] Or terebinth or great tree