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1 Samuel 31:10-12
International Standard Version
1 Samuel 31:10-12
International Standard Version
10 They put Saul’s[a] weapons in the temple of Asherah[b] and fastened his corpse to the wall of Beth-shan.
The People of Jabesh-gilead Give Saul a Proper Burial(A)
11 When the residents of Jabesh-gilead heard what[c] the Philistines had done to Saul, 12 every valiant soldier[d] got up, traveled all night, and removed Saul’s body and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan. Then they went to Jabesh and cremated the bodies[e] there.
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- 1 Samuel 31:10 Lit. his
- 1 Samuel 31:10 Asherah was a female deity worshipped by the Canaanites and the Philistines
- 1 Samuel 31:11 Lit. heard about it, what
- 1 Samuel 31:12 Lit. man
- 1 Samuel 31:12 Lit. them
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