New Living Translation
1 Chronicles 10:12
12all their mighty warriors brought the bodies of Saul and his sons back to Jabesh. Then they buried their bones beneath the great tree at Jabesh, and they fasted for 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 placed his armor in the temple of their gods, and they fastened his head to the temple of Dagon. 11But when everyone in Jabesh-gilead heard about everything the Philistines had done to Saul, all their mighty warriors brought the bodies of Saul and his sons back to Jabesh. Then they buried their bones beneath the great tree at Jabesh, and they fasted for seven days. 13So Saul died because he was unfaithful to the Lord. He failed to obey the Lord’s command, and he even consulted a medium 14instead of asking the Lord for guidance. So the Lord killed him and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse.
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 35:8Soon after this, Rebekah’s old nurse, Deborah, died. She was buried beneath the oak tree in the valley below Bethel. Ever since, the tree has been called Allon-bacuth (which means “oak of weeping”).
- 2 Samuel 21:12he went to the people of Jabesh-gilead and retrieved the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan. (When the Philistines had killed Saul and Jonathan on Mount Gilboa, the people of Jabesh-gilead stole their bodies from the public square of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hung them.)
- Genesis 50:10When they arrived at the threshing floor of Atad, near the Jordan River, they held a very great and solemn memorial service, with a seven-day period of mourning for Joseph’s father.
- 2 Samuel 3:35David had refused to eat anything on the day of the funeral, and now everyone begged him to eat. But David had made a vow, saying, “May God strike me and even kill me if I eat anything before sundown.”
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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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