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1 Samuel 31:12

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All the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth–shan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there.

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  1. 1 Samuel 31:10

    And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth–shan.

  2. 1 Samuel 31:11

    And when the inhabitants of Jabesh–gilead heard of that which the Philistines had done to Saul;

  3. 1 Samuel 31:13

    And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

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