2 Samuel 21:12
 2 Samuel 21:12 
New International Version (© 2011)
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.)

King James Bible
And 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:

American Standard Version
And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the street of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, in the day that the Philistines slew Saul in Gilboa;

Young's Literal Translation
and David goeth and taketh the bones of Saul, and the bones of Jonathan his son, from the possessors of Jabesh-Gilead, who had stolen them from the broad place of Beth-Shan, where the Philistines hanged them, in the day of the Philistines smiting Saul in Gilboa;

2 Samuel 21:12 Additional Translations
Clarke's Commentary on the Bible

Took the bones of Saul - The reader will recollect that the men of Jabesh-gilead burned the bodies of Saul and his sons, and buried the remaining bones under a tree at Jabesh. See 1 Samuel 31:12, 1 Samuel 31:13. These David might have digged up again, in order to bury them in the family sepulcher.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

the bones of Saul

2 Samuel 2:5-7 And David sent messengers to the men of Jabeshgilead, and said to them, Blessed be you of the LORD...

1 Samuel 31:11-13 And when the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead heard of that which the Philistines had done to Saul...

Beth-shan

Joshua 17:11 And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Bethshean and her towns, and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns...

Beth-shean

1 Samuel 31:10 And they put his armor in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Bethshan.

in Gilboa

2 Samuel 1:6,21 And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance on mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned on his spear; and, see...

1 Samuel 28:4 And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together...

1 Samuel 31:1 Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.

1 Chronicles 10:1,8 Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa...

2 Samuel 21:12 Parallel Commentaries
Beth Bethshan Beth-Shan Bones Broad David Gilboa Gilbo'a Gilead Hanged Jabesh Jabeshgilead Jabesh-Gilead Ja'besh-Gil'ead Jonathan Killed Open Philistines Public Saul Shan Slain Slew Square Stolen Street Struck
Beth Bethshan Beth-Shan Bones Broad David Gilboa Gilbo'a Gilead Hanged Jabesh Jabeshgilead Jabesh-Gilead Ja'besh-Gil'ead Jonathan Killed Open Philistines Public Saul Shan Slain Slew Square Stolen Street Struck
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Joshua 17:11 Within Issachar and Asher, Manasseh also had Beth Shan, Ibleam and the people of Dor, Endor, Taanach and Megiddo, together with their surrounding settlements (the third in the list is Naphoth).
1 Samuel 31:3 The fighting grew fierce around Saul, and when the archers overtook him, they wounded him critically.
1 Samuel 31:4 Saul said to his armor-bearer, "Draw your sword and run me through, or these uncircumcised fellows will come and run me through and abuse me." But his armor-bearer was terrified and would not do it; so Saul took his own sword and fell on it.
1 Samuel 31:10 They put his armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths and fastened his body to the wall of Beth Shan.
1 Samuel 31:11 When the people of Jabesh Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,
1 Samuel 31:13 Then they took their bones and buried them under a tamarisk tree at Jabesh, and they fasted seven days.
2 Samuel 21:11 When David was told what Aiah's daughter Rizpah, Saul's concubine, had done,