Zelah

How Nave’s arranged it

• (A city in the territory of the tribe of Benjamin)
• Saul buried inJoshua 18:282 Samuel 21:14

The passages, in Bible order (2)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 2 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Joshua 18:28

   Zelah, Haeleph, Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath-jearim—fourteen cities, along with their villages. This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.

   ›Commentary on Joshua 18:282 voices

   “And Zelaheath,.... Zelah was the buryingplace of Saul and his family, 2Sa 21:

   “And Zelah - This was the burying-place of Saul, Jonathan, and the family of Kish. See 2Sa 21:14. Jebusi, which is Jerusalem - We often meet with this name, and it is evident that it was the ancient name of Jerusalem, which was also called Salem; and was probably the place in which Melchizedek reigned in the days of Abraham; though some think a different place is meant; for that there was another place of the same name, is evident from Joh 3:

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2. 2 Samuel 21:14

   And they buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in Zela in the land of Benjamin, in the tomb of Saul’s father Kish. After they had done everything the king had commanded, God answered their prayers for the land.

   ›Commentary on 2 Samuel 21:142 voices

   “After that - After those things were done which were before related; that is, after they were hanged up: for by that God was pacified, and not by their burial.

   “And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son,....

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