Add parallel Print Page Options

11 When the people who lived in Jabesh in Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul, 12 some brave men went to get his body and the bodies of his three sons. The men brought the bodies back to Jabesh, where they buried them under an oak tree. Then for seven days, they went without eating to show their sorrow.

13 (A) Saul died because he was unfaithful and disobeyed the Lord. He even asked advice from a woman who talked to spirits of the dead,

Read full chapter

11 And when all Jabesh Gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul, 12 all the (A)valiant men arose and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons; and they brought them to (B)Jabesh, and buried their bones under the tamarisk tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

13 So Saul died for his unfaithfulness which he had [a]committed against the Lord, (C)because he did not keep the word of the Lord, and also because (D)he consulted a medium for guidance.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 10:13 Lit. transgressed

11 When all the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead(A) heard what the Philistines had done to Saul, 12 all their valiant men went and took the bodies of Saul and his sons and brought them to Jabesh. Then they buried their bones under the great tree in Jabesh, and they fasted seven days.

13 Saul died(B) because he was unfaithful(C) to the Lord; he did not keep(D) the word of the Lord and even consulted a medium(E) for guidance,

Read full chapter