1 Samuel 31:11

When the inhabitants of Iabesh Gilead heard, what the Philistims had done to Saul,

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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 layed vp his armour in the house of Ashtaroth, but they hanged vp his body on the wall of Beth-shan.

12Then they arose (as many as were strong men) and went all night, and tooke the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sonnes, from the wall of Beth-shan, and came to Iabesh, and burnt them there,

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Cross References

1 Samuel 11:9Then they saide vnto the messengers that came, So say vnto the men of Iabesh Gilead, To morowe by then the sunne be hote, ye shall haue helpe. And the messengers came and shewed it to the men of Iabesh, which were glad.

1 Chronicles 10:11When all they of Iabesh Gilead heard all that the Philistims 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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