1 Samuel 31:11

And when the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead had heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,

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

In Context

10And they placed his armor in the temple of Ashtaroth. But his body they suspended on the wall of Bethshan.

12all the most valiant men rose up, and they walked all night, and they took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Bethshan. And they went to Jabesh Gilead, and they burned them there.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 11:9And they said to the messengers who had arrived: “So shall you say to the men who are of Jabesh Gilead: ‘Tomorrow, when the sun will be hot, you shall have salvation.’” Therefore, the messengers went and announced it to the men of Jabesh, who became joyful.

1 Chronicles 10:11When the men of Jabesh Gilead had heard this, specifically, all that the Philistines had done concerning Saul,

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 31:9-13

The Disposal of Saul's Body. ( b. c. 1055.) 8 And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa. 9 And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to publish it in the house of their idols, and among the people. 10 And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan. 11 And when the inhabitants of… Read the whole commentary →

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