1 Samuel 31:13

Translations

Modern

Then they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and they fasted seven days.

Traditional

And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

Literal

And they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree at Jabesh, and they fasted seven days.

Latin

…et tulerunt ossa eorum, et sepelierunt in nemore Jabes, et jejunaverunt septem diebus.

Original

Hebrew

English

Then they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and they fasted seven days.

Notes

1 Samuel 31:13

bones … Jabesh: This was not where Saul's remains were finally laid to rest (see 2 Samuel 21:12–14).
The end of 1 Samuel returns Israel's history to the time at the end of Judges, when “Israel had no king.” The Philistines were in control again. David had God’s anointing but no crown. He had wives but no sons. His connection with the hated Philistines may have put his standing with his own people at risk. David's future would be difficult. Still, it was clear that God was with him.

1 Samuel 31:1–13

While David was in the south successfully fighting the Amalekites (1 Samuel 30), Saul was in the north unsuccessfully fighting the Philistines.

Theme notes and profiles

Saul The Philistines

Events

Death of Saul

Related verses

2 Samuel 21:12–14
…he 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.
Genesis 50:10
When 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.
2 Samuel 1:12
They 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.
1 Samuel 22:6
Soon Saul learned that David and his men had been discovered. At that time Saul was sitting under the tamarisk tree on the hill at Gibeah, with his spear in hand and all his servants standing around him.
2 Samuel 2:4–5
Then 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.”
Genesis 35:8
Now Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethel. So Jacob named it Allon-bacuth.

Parallels

1 Chronicles 10:11–14

Places

Jabesh: A town in Gilead, loyal to Saul

Glossary

Armageddon Beth-Shan, Beth-Shean Bone Burial, Burial Customs David Fast, Fasting Gilead (Place) Jabesh, Jabesh-Gilead (Place) Jerusalem Mourning Samuel, Books of First and Second Shunem Tamarisk

Topics

Burial: Burying Places: King Saul's Burial: Places Used for Under Trees Fasting in Times of Bereavement of the People of Jabesh-Gilead, for Saul and his Sons Fasting: National Exemplified: Men of Jabesh-Gilead Jabesh-Gilead: Saul and his Sons Buried At Jonathan: Son of Saul: Buried by Inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead Mourning for the Dead: Fasting Seven: Days: Fasts of

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