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1 Samuel 31:12

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all the valiant men arose, went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth Shan; and they came to Jabesh, and burned them there.

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1 Samuel 31:12 in other translations

all the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan; and they came to Jabesh, and burnt them there.

1 Samuel 31:12 · American Standard Version

1 Samuel 31:12 in context

  1. 10They put his armor in the house of the Ashtaroth, and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth Shan.
  2. 11When the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,
  3. 12all the valiant men arose, went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth Shan; and they came to Jabesh, and burned them there.
  4. 13They took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.