he went and got the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the leaders of Jabesh-gilead. They had stolen them from the public square of Beth-shan where the Philistines had hung the bodies the day the Philistines killed Saul at Gilboa.

And there was again a battle, at Gath; and there was a man there of great stature, that had on each hand six fingers, and on each foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to Raphah.

These four were born to Raphah, in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

Because he committed this cold-hearted crime, he must pay for the lamb four times over!"

After four years Absalom said to the king, "Let me go and repay my vow that I made to the Lord while I was in Hebron.