1 Samuel 31:13
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Then they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and they fasted seven days.”
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“Then they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and they fasted seven days.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And they took their bones, and buried them under the tamarisk-tree in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and they take their bones, and bury <FI>them<Fi> under the tamarisk in Jabesh, and fast seven days.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Samuel 31:13 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 35:8Now Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethel. So Jacob named it Allon-bachuth.
- Genesis 50:10When they reached the threshing floor of Atad, which is across the Jordan, they lamented and wailed loudly, and Joseph mourned for his father seven days.
- 1 Samuel 22:6Soon Saul learned that David and his men had been discovered. At that time Saul was in Gibeah, sitting under the tamarisk tree on the hill at Gibeah, with his spear in hand and all his servants standing around him.
- 2 Samuel 1:12They mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the people of the LORD and the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.
- 2 Samuel 2:4Then the men of Judah came to Hebron, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, “It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul.”
- 2 Samuel 21:12he went and took the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the public square of Beth-shan where the Philistines had hung the bodies after they had struck down Saul at Gilboa.
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