2 Samuel 21:12

New Living Translation

he went to the people of Jabesh-gilead and retrieved the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan. (When the Philistines had killed Saul and Jonathan on Mount Gilboa, the people of Jabesh-gilead stole their bodies from the public square of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hung them.)

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:21

O mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew or rain upon you, nor fruitful fields producing offerings of grain. For there the shield of the mighty heroes was defiled; the shield of Saul will no longer be anointed with oil.

2 Samuel 1:6

The man answered, “I happened to be on Mount Gilboa, and there was Saul leaning on his spear with the enemy chariots and charioteers closing in on him.

2 Samuel 2:4

Then the men of Judah came to David and anointed him king over the people of Judah. When David heard that the men of Jabesh-gilead had buried Saul,

2 Samuel 21:11

When David learned what Rizpah, Saul’s concubine, had done,

2 Samuel 21:13

So David obtained the bones of Saul and Jonathan, as well as the bones of the men the Gibeonites had executed.

1 Chronicles 10:1

Now the Philistines attacked Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them. Many were slaughtered on the slopes of Mount Gilboa.

1 Chronicles 10:12

all their mighty warriors brought the bodies of Saul and his sons back to Jabesh. Then they buried their bones beneath the great tree at Jabesh, and they fasted for seven days.

1 Chronicles 10:8

The next day, when the Philistines went out to strip the dead, they found the bodies of Saul and his sons on Mount Gilboa.

Joshua 17:11

The following towns within the territory of Issachar and Asher, however, were given to Manasseh: Beth-shan, Ibleam, Dor (that is, Naphoth-dor), Endor, Taanach, and Megiddo, each with their surrounding settlements.

1 Samuel 28:4

The Philistines set up their camp at Shunem, and Saul gathered all the army of Israel and camped at Gilboa.

1 Samuel 31:1

Now the Philistines attacked Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them. Many were slaughtered on the slopes of Mount Gilboa.

1 Samuel 31:3

The fighting grew very fierce around Saul, and the Philistine archers caught up with him and wounded him severely.

1 Samuel 31:4

Saul groaned to his armor bearer, “Take your sword and kill me before these pagan Philistines come to run me through and taunt and torture me.” But his armor bearer was afraid and would not do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.