Parallel Verses
NET Bible
They took the bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree at Jabesh; then they fasted for seven days.
New American Standard Bible
They took their bones and
King James Version
And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
Holman Bible
Afterward, they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree
International Standard Version
They took their bones, buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and fasted for seven days.
A Conservative Version
And they took their bones, and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
American Standard Version
And they took their bones, and buried them under the tamarisk-tree in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
Amplified
They took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree at Jabesh, and fasted [as a sign of mourning and respect] for seven days.
Bible in Basic English
And their bones they put in the earth under a tree in Jabesh; and for seven days they took no food.
Darby Translation
And they took their bones, and buried them under the tamarisk at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
Julia Smith Translation
And they will take their bones and bury under the tamarisk tree at Jabesh, and they will fast seven days.
King James 2000
And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then they took their bones and buried [them] under the tamarisk in Jabesh, and they fasted [for] seven days.
Modern King James verseion
And they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree at Jabesh. And they fasted seven days.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and took their bones and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
New Heart English Bible
They took their bones, and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
The Emphasized Bible
and took their bones, and buried them under the tamarisk-tree in Jabesh, - and fasted seven days.
Webster
And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
World English Bible
They took their bones, and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
Youngs Literal Translation
and they take their bones, and bury them under the tamarisk in Jabesh, and fast seven days.
Themes
Burial » Places used for » Under trees
Burial » Burying places » Tombs » King saul's
Fasting » Examples of » Israel
Fasting » In times of bereavement » Of the people of jabesh-gilead, for saul and his sons
Fasting » National--exemplified » Men of jabesh-gilead
Jabesh-gilead » Saul and his sons buried at
Jonathan » Son of saul » Buried by inhabitants of jabesh-gilead
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul
Mourning » For the dead » Fasting
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Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Samuel 31:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
Saul And Jonathan Die On Mount Gilboa
12 all their warriors set out and traveled throughout the night. They took Saul's corpse and the corpses of his sons from the city wall of Beth Shan and went to Jabesh, where they burned them. 13 They took the bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree at Jabesh; then they fasted for seven days.
Cross References
Genesis 50:10
When they came to the threshing floor of Atad on the other side of the Jordan, they mourned there with very great and bitter sorrow. There Joseph observed a seven day period of mourning for his father.
2 Samuel 21:12-14
he went and took the bones of Saul and of his son Jonathan from the leaders of Jabesh Gilead. (They had secretly taken them from the plaza at Beth Shan. It was there that Philistines publicly exposed their corpses after they had killed Saul at Gilboa.)
1 Samuel 22:6
But Saul found out the whereabouts of David and the men who were with him. Now Saul was sitting at Gibeah under the tamarisk tree at an elevated location with his spear in hand and all his servants stationed around him.
Genesis 35:8
(Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethel; thus it was named Oak of Weeping.)
2 Samuel 1:12
They lamented and wept and fasted until evening because Saul, his son Jonathan, the Lord's people, and the house of Israel had fallen by the sword.
2 Samuel 2:4-5
The men of Judah came and there they anointed David as king over the people of Judah. David was told, "The people of Jabesh Gilead are the ones who buried Saul."