1 Samuel 31:12 meaning and explanation
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.
1 Samuel 31:12, Berean Standard Bible
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The men of Jabesh-gilead owed Saul a debt. Early in his reign he had rescued their city from Nahash the Ammonite (1 Samuel 11).
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