1 Samuel 31:11

And the inhabitants of Jabis Galaad hear what the Philistines did to Saul.

Brenton Septuagint

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 set up his armour at the temple of Astarte, and they fastened his body on the wall of Bæthsam.

12And they rose up, even every man of might, and marched all night, and took the body of Saul and the body of Jonathan his son from the wall of Bæthsam; and they bring them to Jabis, and burn them there.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 11:9And he said to the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say to the men of Jabis, To-morrow ye shall have deliverance when the sun is hot; and the messengers came to the city, and told the men of Jabis, and they rejoiced.

1 Chronicles 10:11And all the dwellers in Galaad heard of all that the Philistines had done to Saul and to Israel.

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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