1 Samuel 31:11

Now when the inhabitants of Jabes Galaad had heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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

In Context

10And they put his armour in the temple of Astaroth, but his body they hung on the wall of Bethsan.

12All the most valiant men arose, and walked all the night, and took the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, from the wall of Bethsan: and they came to Jabes Galaad, and burnt them there:

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Cross References

1 Samuel 11:9And they said to the messengers that came: Thus shall you say to the men of Jabes Galaad: Tomorrow, when the sun shall be hot, you shall have relief. The messengers therefore came, and told the men of Jabes: and they were glad.

1 Chronicles 10:11And when the men of Jabes Galaad had heard this, to wit, all that the Philistines had done to 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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