1 Samuel 31:11

And they hear regarding it — the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead — that which the Philistines have done to Saul,

Young's Literal Translation

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 place his weapons [in] the house of Ashtaroth, and his body they have fixed on the wall of Beth-Shan.

12and all the men of valour arise, and go all the night, and take the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, from the wall of Beth-Shan, and come in to Jabesh, and burn them there,

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Cross References

1 Samuel 11:9And they say to the messengers who are coming, 'Thus do ye say to the men of Jabesh-Gilead: To-morrow ye have safety — by the heat of the sun;' and the messengers come and declare to the men of Jabesh, and they rejoice;

1 Chronicles 10:11And all Jabesh-Gilead hear of all that the Philistines have 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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