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10 Then they put Saul’s[a] armor in the temple of their gods and fastened his skull to the wall of[b] the temple of Dagon.

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

11 When all the residents of[c] Jabesh-gilead heard everything that the Philistines had done to Saul, 12 every valiant soldier[d] got up, removed the bodies of Saul and his sons, took them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the tamarisk[e] tree in Jabesh. Then they fasted for seven days.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 10:10 Lit. his
  2. 1 Chronicles 10:10 The Heb. lacks to the wall of
  3. 1 Chronicles 10:11 The Heb. lacks the residents of
  4. 1 Chronicles 10:12 Lit. man
  5. 1 Chronicles 10:12 Or great