◄ 1 Samuel 31:11 ►
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Good News Translation
When the people of Jabesh in Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,

New Revised Standard Version
But when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,

Contemporary English Version
The people who lived in Jabesh in Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul's body.

New American Bible
When the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Now when the inhabitants of Jabes Galaad had heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,

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Now when the inhabitants of Jabes Galaad had heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,

Jabesh-gilead

1 Samuel 11:1 And it came to pass about a month after this, that Naas, the Ammonite, came up, and began to fight against Jabes Galaad. And all the men of Jabes said to Naas: Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee.

2 Samuel 2:4 And the men of Juda came, and anointed David there, to be king over the house of Juda. And it was told David that the men of Jabes Galaad had buried Saul.

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Context
Jabesh-gilead's Tribute to Saul
11Now when the inhabitants of Jabes Galaad had heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,12All the most valiant men arose, and walked all the night, and took the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, from the wall of Bethsan: and they came to Jabes Galaad, and burnt them there.…
Cross References
Judges 21:8
Therefore they said: Who is there of all the tribes of Israel, that came not up to the Lord to Maspha? And, behold, the inhabitants of Jabes Galaad were found not to have been in that army.

1 Samuel 11:1
And it came to pass about a month after this, that Naas, the Ammonite, came up, and began to fight against Jabes Galaad. And all the men of Jabes said to Naas: Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee.

2 Samuel 2:4
And the men of Juda came, and anointed David there, to be king over the house of Juda. And it was told David that the men of Jabes Galaad had buried Saul.

2 Samuel 21:12
And David went, and took the bones of Saul, and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabes Galaad, who had stolen them from the street of Bethsan, where the Philistines had hanged them when they had slain Saul in Gelboe.

1 Samuel 31:10
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