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1 Samuel 31:13 KJV
1 Samuel · chapter 31 · verse 13
And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.1 Samuel 31:13 · King James Version
1 Samuel 31:13 in context
11And when the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead heard of that which the Philistines had done to Saul;
12All the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Bethshan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there.
13And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- buriedqâbarto interH6912 →
- JabeshYâbêshJobesh, the name of an Israelite and of a place in PalestineH3003 →
- fastedtsûwmto cover overH6684 →
- bonesʻetsema boneH6106 →
- sevenshebaʻsevenH7651 →
- tooklâqachto takeH3947 →
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The scripture makes no mention of the souls of Saul and his sons, what became of them after they were dead (secret things belong not to us), but of their bodies only. I. How they were basely abused by the Philistines.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 8-13