2 Samuel 21:12

God's Word

David went and took the bones of Saul and of his son Jonathan from the citizens of Jabesh Gilead. They had stolen them from the public square of Beth Shean, where the Philistines had hung them the day they killed Saul at Gilboa.

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:21

You mountains in Gilboa, may there be no dew or rain on you or on your slopes, because warriors’ shields were tarnished there. Saul’s shield was never rubbed with olive oil.

2 Samuel 1:6

The young man answered, “I happened to be on Mount Gilboa. Saul was there leaning on his spear, and the chariots and horsemen were catching up with him.

2 Samuel 2:4

Then the people of Judah came to Hebron and anointed David to be king over the tribe of Judah. They told David, “The people of Jabesh Gilead were the ones who buried Saul.”

2 Samuel 21:11

When David was told what Saul’s concubine  Rizpah (Aiah’s daughter) had done,

2 Samuel 21:13

When David brought up the bones of Saul and Jonathan, his men gathered the bones of those who had been executed.

1 Chronicles 10:1

When the Philistines fought against Israel, the men of Israel fled from the Philistines and were killed in battle on Mount Gilboa.

1 Chronicles 10:12

all the fighting men came and took away the dead bodies of Saul and his sons and brought them to Jabesh. They buried the bones under the oak tree in Jabesh. Then they fasted seven days.

1 Chronicles 10:8

The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his sons lying on Mount Gilboa.

Joshua 17:11

In Issachar and Asher, Manasseh possessed Beth Shean and Ibleam with their villages and the people living in Dor, En Dor, Taanach, and Megiddo and their villages. The last three are on mountain ridges.

1 Samuel 28:4

The Philistines assembled and camped in Shunem. Saul also assembled the whole Israelite army, and they camped at Gilboa.

1 Samuel 31:1

When the Philistines were fighting against Israel, the men of Israel fled from the Philistines and were killed in battle on Mount Gilboa.

1 Samuel 31:3

The heaviest fighting was against Saul. When the archers got him in their range, he was badly wounded by them.

1 Samuel 31:4

Saul told his armorbearer, “Draw your sword! Stab me, or these godless men will come, stab me, and make fun of me.” But his armorbearer refused because he was terrified. So Saul took the sword and fell on it.