2Sa 21:12 Cross References
2 Samuel 21:12
12: he went to the people of Jabesh-gilead and asked for the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan. (When Saul and Jonathan had died in a battle with the Philistines, it was the people of Jabesh-gilead who had retrieved their bodies from the public square of the Philistine city of Beth-shan.)
Joshua 17:11
- The following towns within the territory of Issachar and Asher were given to Manasseh: Beth-shan, Ibleam, Dor (that is, Naphoth-dor), Endor, Taanach, and Megiddo, with their respective villages.
1 Samuel 31:10
- They placed his armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths, and they fastened his body to the wall of the city of Beth-shan.
- But when the people of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,
- their warriors traveled all night to Beth-shan and took the bodies of Saul and his sons down from the wall. They brought them to Jabesh, where they burned the bodies.
- Then they took their remains and buried them beneath the tamarisk tree at Jabesh, and they fasted for seven days.
2 Samuel 1:21
- O mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew or rain upon you or your slopes. For there the shield of the mighty was defiled; the shield of Saul will no longer be anointed with oil.
1 Samuel 28:4
- The Philistines set up their camp at Shunem, and Saul and the armies of Israel camped at Gilboa.
2 Samuel 2:5
- he sent them this message: "May the LORD bless you for being so loyal to your king and giving him a decent burial.
- May the LORD be loyal to you in return and reward you with his unfailing love! And I, too, will reward you for what you have done.
- And now that Saul is dead, I ask you to be my strong and loyal subjects like the people of Judah, who have anointed me as their new king."
2 Samuel 1:6
- The young man answered, "I happened to be on Mount Gilboa. I saw Saul there leaning on his spear with the enemy chariots closing in on him.
1 Chronicles 10:1
- Now the Philistines attacked Israel, forcing the Israelites to flee. Many were slaughtered on the slopes of Mount Gilboa.
1 Samuel 31:1
- Now the Philistines attacked Israel, forcing the Israelites to flee. Many were slaughtered on the slopes of Mount Gilboa.
1 Chronicles 10:8
- The next day when the Philistines went out to strip the dead, they found the bodies of Saul and his sons on Mount Gilboa.