1 Samuel 31:13

New Century Version

They took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh. Then the people of Jabesh fasted for seven days.

Cross References

Genesis 50:10

When they came to the threshing floor of Atad, near the Jordan River, they cried loudly and bitterly for his father. Joseph’s time of sorrow continued for seven days.

1 Samuel 22:6

Saul heard that David and his men had been seen. Saul was sitting under the tamarisk tree on the hill at Gibeah, and all his officers were standing around him. He had a spear in his hand.

2 Samuel 1:12

They were very sad and cried and fasted until evening. They cried for Saul and his son Jonathan and for all the people of the Lord and for all the Israelites who had died in the battle.

Genesis 35:8

Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried under the oak tree at Bethel, so they named that place Oak of Crying.

John 11:19

Many of the Jews had come there to comfort Martha and Mary about their brother.

2 Samuel 11:26

When Bathsheba heard that her husband was dead, she cried for him.