KJV King James Version
And when the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead heard of that which the Philistines had done to Saul;
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1 Samuel 31:11
And when the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead heard of that which the Philistines had done to Saul;
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
When the people of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,
WEB World English Bible
When the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead heard concerning him that which the Philistines had done to Saul,
ASV American Standard Version
And when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard concerning him that which the Philistines had done to Saul,
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And they hear regarding it—the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead—that which the Philistines have done to Saul,
Surrounding context — 1 Samuel 31
8 And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa.
9 And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to publish [it in] the house of their idols, and among the people.
10 And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Bethshan.
11 And when the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead heard of that which the Philistines had done to Saul;
12 All the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Bethshan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there.
13 And they took their bones, and buried [them] under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
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וַיִּשְׁמְע֣וּH8085 · sha.mato hear: hearאֵלָ֔יוH413 · elto(wards)יֹשְׁבֵ֖יH3427 · ya.shavto dwellיָבֵ֣ישׁH3003 · ya.veshJabesh (Gilead)גִּלְעָ֑דH1568 · gil.adGileadאֵ֛תH853 · et[Obj.]אֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhichעָשׂ֥וּH6213 · a.sahto make: doפְלִשְׁתִּ֖יםH6430 · pe.lish.tiPhilistineלְשָׁאֽוּל׃H7586 · sha.ulSaul
Cross-references
2 Samuel 2:4And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, [That] the men of Jabeshgilead [were they] that buried Saul.1 Samuel 11:1-11Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabeshgilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee.
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