1 Chronicles 10:12 BSB

1 Chronicles 10:12

all their men of valor set out and retrieved the bodies of Saul and his sons and brought them to Jabesh. And they buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh and fasted seven days.

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ASV

all the valiant men arose, 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.

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.

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיָּקוּמוּ֮	vai.ya.ku.Mu	and they arose	H6965 →
כָּל־	kol-	every	H3605 →
אִ֣ישׁ	'ish	man of	H376 →
חַיִל֒	cha.Yil	strength	H2428 →
וַיִּשְׂא֞וּ	vai.yis.'U	and they took	H5375 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
גּוּפַ֣ת	gu.Fat	[the] corpse of	H1480 →
שָׁא֗וּל	sha.'Ul	Saul	H7586 →
וְאֵת֙	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
גּוּפֹ֣ת	gu.Fot	[the] corpses of	H1480 →
בָּנָ֔יו	ba.Nav	sons his	H1121 →
וַיְבִיא֖וּם	vay.vi.'Um	and they brought them	H935 →
יָבֵ֑ישָׁה	ya.Vei.shah	Jabesh towards	H3003 →
וַיִּקְבְּר֨וּ	vai.yik.be.Ru	and they buried	H6912 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
עַצְמוֹתֵיהֶ֜ם	atz.mo.tei.Hem	bones their	H6106 →
תַּ֤חַת	Ta.chat	under	H8478 →
הָאֵלָה֙	ha.'e.Lah	the oak	H424 →
בְּיָבֵ֔שׁ	be.ya.Vesh	in Jabesh	H3003 →
וַיָּצ֖וּמוּ	vai.ya.Tzu.mu	and they fasted	H6684 →
שִׁבְעַ֥ת	shiv.'At	seven	H7651 →
יָמִֽים׃	ya.Mim	days	H3117 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Genesis 50:10
When they reached the threshing floor of Atad, which is across the Jordan, they lamented and wailed loudly, and Joseph mourned for his father seven days.
leads to
- 1 Samuel 31:13
  Then they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and they fasted seven days.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Job 2:13
  Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights, but no one spoke a word to him because they saw how intense his suffering was.
- Acts 8:2
  God-fearing men buried Stephen and mourned deeply over him.
- 2 Samuel 1:17
  Then David took up this lament for Saul and his son Jonathan,
Through
Genesis 35:8
Now Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethel. So Jacob named it Allon-bachuth.
leads to
- Genesis 24:59
  So they sent their sister Rebekah on her way, along with her nurse and Abraham’s servant and his men.
Through
2 Samuel 3:35
Then all the people came and urged David to eat something while it was still day, but David took an oath, saying, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if I taste bread…
leads to
- 2 Samuel 12:17
  The elders of his household stood beside him to help him up from the ground, but he was unwilling and would not eat anything with them.
- 2 Samuel 1:12
  They mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the people of the LORD and the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.
- Jeremiah 16:7
  No food will be offered to comfort those who mourn the dead; not even a cup of consolation will be given for the loss of a father or mother.