12 Then David went and took the bones of Saul, and the bones of Jonathan his son, from the men of (A)Jabesh Gilead who had stolen them from the street of [a]Beth Shan, where the (B)Philistines had hung them up, after the Philistines had struck down Saul in Gilboa.

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  1. 2 Samuel 21:12 Beth Shean, Josh. 17:11

12 he went and took the bones of Saul(A) and his son Jonathan from the citizens of Jabesh Gilead.(B) (They had stolen their bodies from the public square at Beth Shan,(C) where the Philistines had hung(D) them after they struck Saul down on Gilboa.)(E)

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12 Then David took the bones of Saul and Jonathan from the men of Jabesh Gilead. (The men of Jabesh Gilead got these bones after Saul and Jonathan were killed at Gilboa. The Philistines had hanged the bodies of Saul and Jonathan on a wall in Beth Shan.[a] But the men of Beth Shan went there and stole the bodies from that public area.)

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  1. 2 Samuel 21:12 Beth Shan Or possibly, “Beth Shean.”

12 David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of his son Jonathan from the people of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the public square of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hung them up, on the day the Philistines killed Saul on Gilboa.

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