1 Samuel 31:11
When the people of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
And when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard of that which the Philistines had done to Saul;
In Context
10They put his armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths and hung his body on the wall of Beth-shan.
Cross References
1 Samuel 11:9So they said to the messengers who had come, “Tell the men of Jabesh-gilead: ‘Deliverance will be yours tomorrow by the time the sun is hot.’” And when the messengers relayed this to the men of Jabesh, they rejoiced.
1 Chronicles 10:11When all the people of Jabesh-gilead heard about everything 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 →