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The People of Jabesh-gilead Give Saul a Proper Burial(A)

11 When all the residents of[a] Jabesh-gilead heard everything that the Philistines had done to Saul, 12 every valiant soldier[b] got up, removed the bodies of Saul and his sons, took them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the tamarisk[c] tree in Jabesh. Then they fasted for seven days. 13 So Saul died for his transgressions; that is, he acted unfaithfully to the Lord by transgressing the message from the Lord (which he did not keep), by consulting a medium for advice,

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  1. 1 Chronicles 10:11 The Heb. lacks the residents of
  2. 1 Chronicles 10:12 Lit. man
  3. 1 Chronicles 10:12 Or great