God’s Word Translation
1 Chronicles 10:12
12all the fighting men came and took away the dead bodies of Saul and his sons and brought them to Jabesh. They buried the bones under the oak tree in Jabesh. Then they fasted seven days.
1 Chronicles 10:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)They arose, all the valiant men, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
- New International Version (NIV)all their valiant men went and took the bodies of Saul and his sons and brought them to Jabesh. Then they buried their bones under the great tree in Jabesh, and they fasted seven days.
- English Standard Version (ESV)all the valiant men arose and took away the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh. And they buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh and fasted seven days.
- New King James Version (NKJV)all the valiant men arose and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons; and they brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the tamarisk tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
Context of 1 Chronicles 10:12
10They put his armor in the temple of their gods and fastened his head to the temple of Dagon. 11When all the people of Jabesh Gilead heard about everything the Philistines had done to Saul, all the fighting men came and took away the dead bodies of Saul and his sons and brought them to Jabesh. They buried the bones under the oak tree in Jabesh. Then they fasted seven days. 13So Saul died because of his unfaithfulness to the Lord: He did not obey the Lord’s word. He asked a medium to request information ⌞from a dead person⌟. 14He didn’t request information from the Lord. So the Lord killed him and turned the kingship over to David, Jesse’s son.
Read all of 1 Chronicles 101 Chronicles 10:12 word by word
וַיָּקוּמוּ֮ כָּל־אִ֣ישׁ חַיִל֒ וַיִּשְׂא֞וּ אֶת־גּוּפַ֣ת שָׁא֗וּל וְאֵת֙ גּוּפֹ֣ת בָּנָ֔יו וַיְבִיא֖וּם יָבֵ֑ישָׁה וַיִּקְבְּר֨וּ אֶת־עַצְמוֹתֵיהֶ֜ם תַּ֤חַת הָאֵלָה֙ בְּיָבֵ֔שׁ וַיָּצ֖וּמוּ שִׁבְעַ֥ת יָמִֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- They aroseקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
- all the valiantחַ֫יִלchayil · strengthH2428
- menאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
- and took awayנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: bearH5375
- the bodyגּוּפָהgûphâh · bodyH1480
- of Saulשָׁאוּלshâ'ûl · SaulH7586
- of his sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
- and broughtבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
- them to Jabeshיָבֵשׁyâbêsh yâbêysh · Jabesh (Gilead)H3003
- and buriedקָבַרqâbar · to buryH6912
- their bonesעֶ֫צֶם‛etsem · boneH6106
- under the oakאֵלָה'êlâh · oakH424
- and fastedצוּםtsûm · to fastH6684
- sevenשֶׁ֫בַעsheba‛ shib‛âh · sevenH7651
- daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 10:12
- Genesis 35:8Rebekah’s nurse Deborah died and was buried under the oak tree outside Bethel. So Jacob called it the Tree of Crying.
- 2 Samuel 21:12David went and took the bones of Saul and of his son Jonathan from the citizens of Jabesh Gilead. They had stolen them from the public square of Beth Shean, where the Philistines had hung them the day they killed Saul at Gilboa.
- Genesis 50:10When they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is on the east side of the Jordan River, they began a great and solemn ceremony to mourn Jacob’s death. Joseph took seven days to mourn his father’s death.
- 2 Samuel 3:35That entire day all the people tried to get David to eat some food. But David had taken an oath: “May God strike me dead if I taste any food or anything else before the sun goes down.”
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Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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