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1 Samuel 31:11
1 Samuel 31:11 is verse 11 of 1 Samuel chapter 31, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
When the people of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,
King James Version
And when the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead heard of that which the Philistines had done to Saul;
World English Bible
When the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,
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1 Samuel 31:9–13 · Berean Standard Bible
9 They cut off Saul’s head, stripped off his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news in the temples of their idols and among their people.
10 They put his armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths and hung his body on the wall of Beth-shan.
11 When the people of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,
12 all their men of valor set out, journeyed all night, and retrieved the bodies of Saul and his sons from the wall of Beth-shan. When they arrived at Jabesh, they burned the bodies there.
13 Then they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and they fasted seven days.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
1 Samuel 11:1Soon Nahash the Ammonite came up and laid siege to Jabesh-gilead. All the men of Jabesh said to him, “Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you.”
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.”