KJV King James Version
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.
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1 Samuel 31:12
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
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 Beth Shan; and they came to Jabesh, and burnt them there.
ASV American Standard Version
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 Beth-shan; and they came to Jabesh, and burnt them there.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and all the men of valour arise, and go all the night, and take the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, from the wall of Beth-Shan, and come in to Jabesh, and burn them there,
Surrounding context — 1 Samuel 31
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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וַיָּק֜וּמוּH6965 · qa.may(Leb)-kamaiכָּל־H3605 · kolallאִ֣ישׁH376 · ishmanחַיִל֮H2428 · cha.yilstrength: soldiersוַיֵּלְכ֣וּH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentכָל־H3605 · kolallהַלַּיְלָה֒H3915 · lay.lahnightוַיִּקְח֞וּH3947 · la.qachto take: takeאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]גְּוִיַּ֣תH1472 · ge.viy.yahbodyשָׁא֗וּלH7586 · sha.ulSaulוְאֵת֙H853 · et[Obj.]גְּוִיֹּ֣תH1472 · ge.viy.yahbodyבָּנָ֔יוH1121 · benson: childמֵחוֹמַ֖תH2346 · cho.mahwallבֵּ֣יתH1052 · bet she.anBeth-sheanשָׁ֑ןH1052 · bet she.anBeth-sheanוַיָּבֹ֣אוּH935 · boto come (in): comeיָבֵ֔שָׁהH3003 · ya.veshJabesh (Gilead)וַיִּשְׂרְפ֥וּH8313 · sa.raphto burnאֹתָ֖םH853 · et[Obj.]שָֽׁם׃H8033 · shamthere
Cross-references
2 Chronicles 16:14And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odours and divers kinds [of spices] prepared by the apothecaries’ art: and they made a very great burning for him.Jeremiah 34:5[But] thou shalt die in peace: and with the burnings of thy fathers, the former kings which were before thee, so shall they burn [odours] for thee; and they will lament thee, [saying], Ah lord! for I have pronounced the word, saith the LORD.2 Samuel 2:4-7And 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.Amos 6:10And a man’s uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that [is] by the sides of the house, [Is there] yet [any] with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the LORD.
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