2 Samuel 21:12

New International Version

he went and took the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the citizens of Jabesh Gilead. (They had stolen their bodies from the public square at Beth Shan, where the Philistines had hung them after they struck Saul down on Gilboa.)

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:21

“Mountains of Gilboa, may you have neither dew nor rain, may no showers fall on your terraced fields. For there the shield of the mighty was despised, the shield of Saul—no longer rubbed with oil.

2 Samuel 1:6

“I happened to be on Mount Gilboa,” the young man said, “and there was Saul, leaning on his spear, with the chariots and their drivers in hot pursuit.

2 Samuel 2:4

Then the men of Judah came to Hebron, and there they anointed David king over the tribe of Judah. When David was told that it was the men from Jabesh Gilead who had buried Saul,

2 Samuel 21:11

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

2 Samuel 21:13

David brought the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from there, and the bones of those who had been killed and exposed were gathered up.

1 Chronicles 10:1

Now the Philistines fought against Israel; the Israelites fled before them, and many fell dead on Mount Gilboa.

1 Chronicles 10:12

all their valiant men went and took the bodies of Saul and his sons and brought them to Jabesh. Then they buried their bones under the great tree in Jabesh, and 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 fallen on Mount Gilboa.

Joshua 17:11

Within Issachar and Asher, Manasseh also had Beth Shan, Ibleam and the people of Dor, Endor, Taanach and Megiddo, together with their surrounding settlements (the third in the list is Naphoth).

1 Samuel 28:4

The Philistines assembled and came and set up camp at Shunem, while Saul gathered all Israel and set up camp at Gilboa.

1 Samuel 31:1

Now the Philistines fought against Israel; the Israelites fled before them, and many fell dead on Mount Gilboa.

1 Samuel 31:3

The fighting grew fierce around Saul, and when the archers overtook him, they wounded him critically.

1 Samuel 31:4

Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through, or these uncircumcised fellows will come and run me through and abuse me.” But his armor-bearer was terrified and would not do it; so Saul took his own sword and fell on it.