12 all their brave men(A) set out, journeyed all night, and retrieved the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan. When they arrived at Jabesh, they burned the bodies there.(B)

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14 He was buried in his own tomb that he had made for himself in the city of David. They laid him out in a coffin that was full of spices and various mixtures of prepared ointments;(A) then they made a great fire in his honor.(B)

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you will die peacefully. There will be a burning ceremony for you just like the burning ceremonies for your fathers, the former kings who preceded you.(A) ‘Our king is dead!’[a] will be the lament for you, for I have spoken this word.” This is the Lord’s declaration.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 34:5 Lit Alas, lord

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