1 Chronicles 10:12

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

All the brave men from Jabesh Gilead went to get the bodies of Saul and his sons. They brought them back to Jabesh Gilead. They buried the bones of Saul and his sons under the large tree in Jabesh. Then they showed their sadness and fasted for seven days.

Cross References

2 Samuel 3:35

All day long people came to encourage David to eat food. But David had made a special promise. He said, “May God punish me and give me many troubles if I eat bread or any other food before the sun goes down.”

Genesis 50:10

They went to Goren Atad, east of the Jordan River. There they had a long funeral service for Israel, which continued for seven days.

Genesis 35:8

Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died there. They buried her under the oak tree at Bethel. They named that place Allon Bacuth.

John 11:19

Many Jews had come to see Martha and Mary. They came to comfort them about their brother Lazarus.

Genesis 12:6

Abram traveled through the land as far as the town of Shechem and then to the big tree at Moreh. The Canaanites were living in the land at that time.

1 Samuel 31:12

So all the soldiers of Jabesh went to Beth Shan. They marched all night, went to the wall of Beth Shan, and took down the bodies of Saul and his sons. Then they carried them to Jabesh. There the people of Jabesh burned the bodies of Saul and his three sons.

1 Chronicles 10:11

All the people living in the town of Jabesh Gilead heard everything that the Philistines had done to Saul.

1 Samuel 11:1

About a month later, Nahash the Ammonite and his army surrounded Jabesh Gilead. All the people of Jabesh said to Nahash, “If you will make a treaty with us, we will serve you.”

1 Samuel 11:9

Saul and his army told the messengers from Jabesh, “Tell the people at Jabesh in Gilead that by noon tomorrow, you will be saved.” The messengers told Saul’s message to the people at Jabesh, and they were very happy.