1 Samuel 31:13 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 31:13

Then they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and they fasted seven days.

BSB

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ASV

And they took their bones, and buried them under the tamarisk-tree in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

KJV

And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

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Commentary

4 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh,.... For though they burned the bodies, yet so as to preserve the bones; and these, together with the ashes of the parts burnt, they gathered up, and buried under a tree near this city; this tree is said to be an oak, 1Ch 10:12; so Deborah, the nurse of Rebekah, was buried under an oak, Gen 35:

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

But you must not understand this word of fasting strictly, as if they eat nothing for seven whole days; but in a more large sense, as it is used both in sacred and profane writers; that they did eat but little, and that but mean food, and drank only water for that time.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The day of recompence has now come, in which Saul must account for the blood of the Amalekites which he had sinfully spared, and that of the priests which he had more sinfully spilt; that of David too, which he would have spilt, must come into the account.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Under a tree - Rather, “Under the tamarisk,” a well-known tree at Jabesh which was standing when this narrative was written. They fasted seven days - In imitation of the mourning for Jacob (marginal reference). They would give full honor to Saul though he was fallen.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּקְחוּ֙	vai.yik.Chu	and they took	H3947 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
עַצְמֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔ם	'atz.Mo.tei.Hem	bones their	H6106 →
וַיִּקְבְּר֥וּ	vai.yik.be.Ru	and they buried [them]	H6912 →
תַֽחַת־	ta.chat-	under	H8478 →
הָאֶ֖שֶׁל	ha.'E.shel	the tamarisk tree	H815 →
בְּיָבֵ֑שָׁה	be.ya.Ve.shah	at Jabesh <towards>	H3003 →
וַיָּצֻ֖מוּ	vai.ya.Tzu.mu	and they fasted	H6684 →
שִׁבְעַ֥ת	shiv.'At	seven	H7651 →
יָמִֽים׃ פ	ya.Mim	days	H3117 →

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Where the connections lead

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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
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
- 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,
- Genesis 50:11
  When the Canaanites of the land saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a solemn ceremony of mourning by the Egyptians.” Thus the place across the Jordan is…
Through
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.
leads to
- Psalms 35:13–14
  Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.
- Proverbs 24:17
  Do not gloat when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,
- Matthew 5:44
  But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

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06About 1 Samuel

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The walk

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