2 Samuel 21:13
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New International Version (©2011)
David brought the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from there, and the bones of those who had been killed and exposed were gathered up.

New Living Translation (©2007)
So David obtained the bones of Saul and Jonathan, as well as the bones of the men the Gibeonites had executed.

English Standard Version (©2001)
And he brought up from there the bones of Saul and the bones of his son Jonathan; and they gathered the bones of those who were hanged.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
He brought up the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from there, and they gathered the bones of those who had been hanged.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son; and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
David had the bones brought from there. They gathered up the bones of Saul's family who had been hung

International Standard Version (©2012)
He brought the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from there along with the bones of those who had been hanged,

NET Bible (©2006)
David brought the bones of Saul and of Jonathan his son from there; they also gathered up the bones of those who had been executed.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
When David brought up the bones of Saul and Jonathan, his men gathered the bones of those who had been executed.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And he brought up from there the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son; and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged.

American King James Version
And he brought up from there the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son; and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged.

American Standard Version
and he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son: and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he brought from thence the bones of Saul, and the bones of Jonathan his son, and they gathered up the bones of them that were crucified,

Darby Bible Translation
and he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son; and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged.

English Revised Version
and he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son; and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son; and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged.

World English Bible
and he brought up from there the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son: and they gathered the bones of those who were hanged.

Young's Literal Translation
and he bringeth up thence the bones of Saul, and the bones of Jonathan his son, and they gather the bones of those hanged,

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

21:10-14 That a guilty land should enjoy many years of plenty, calls for gratitude; and we need not wonder misused abundance should be punished with scarcity; yet how few are disposed to ask of the Lord concerning the sinful cause, while numbers search for the second causes by which he is pleased to work! But the Lord will plead the cause of those who cannot or will not avenge themselves; and the prayers of the poor are of great power. When God sent rain to water the earth, these bodies were buried, for then it appeared that God was entreated for the land. When justice is done on earth, vengeance from heaven ceases. God is pacified, and is entreated for us through Christ, who was hanged on a tree, and so made a curse for us, to do away our guilt, though he was himself guiltless.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he brought up from thence the bones of Saul, and the bones of Jonathan his son,.... Which had been buried there under an oak, 1 Chronicles 10:12,

and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged; the seven sons of Saul, who had been lately hanged; who either had hung so long that their flesh was consumed, and the bones dropped upon the ground, from whence they gathered them; or they took them down and burnt the flesh off of them, and took the bones to bury them, which was not usually done (u).

(u) Lipsins de Cruce, l. 2. c. 16.

Wesley's Notes on the Bible

21:13 The bones - Having first burnt off the flesh which remained upon them when they were taken down. Compare 1Sam 31:10, and c.

2 Samuel 21:13 Parallel Commentaries
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David Avenges the Gibeonites
…12And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabeshgilead, which had stolen them from the street of Bethshan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa: 13And he brought up from there the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son; and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged. 14And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulcher of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was entreated for the land.

2 Samuel 21:12 he went and took the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the citizens of Jabesh Gilead. (They had stolen their bodies from the public square at Beth Shan, where the Philistines had hung them after they struck Saul down on Gilboa.)
2 Samuel 21:14 They buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in the tomb of Saul's father Kish, at Zela in Benjamin, and did everything the king commanded. After that, God answered prayer in behalf of the land.