he went and took the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the public square of Beth-shan where the Philistines had hung the bodies after they had struck down Saul at Gilboa. Cross References Joshua 17:11 Within Issachar and Asher, Manasseh was assigned Beth-shean, Ibleam, Dor (that is, Naphath), Endor, Taanach, and Megiddo, each with their surrounding settlements. 1 Samuel 31:3 When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers overtook him and wounded him critically. 1 Samuel 31:4 Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, "Draw your sword and run it through me, or these uncircumcised men will come and run me through and torture me!" But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it. 1 Samuel 31:10 They put his armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths and hung his body on the wall of Beth-shan. 1 Samuel 31:11 When the people of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul, 1 Samuel 31:13 Then they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and they fasted seven days. 2 Samuel 21:11 When David was told what Saul's concubine Rizpah, daughter of Aiah, had done, 2 Samuel 21:13 So David had the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan brought from there, along with the bones of those who had been hanged. Treasury of Scripture And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabeshgilead, which had stolen them from the street of Bethshan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa: the bones of Saul 2 Samuel 2:5-7 1 Samuel 31:11-13 Beth-shan Joshua 17:11 Beth-shean 1 Samuel 31:10 in Gilboa 2 Samuel 1:6,21 1 Samuel 28:4 1 Samuel 31:1 |
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