Thematic Bible: Of the people of jabesh-gilead, for saul and his sons
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Fasting » In times of bereavement » Of the people of jabesh-gilead, for saul and his sons
They took their bones, and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
all the valiant men arose, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.