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1 Chronicles 10:12

in 1 Chronicles 10

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.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

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.

This verse in 1 Chronicles 10

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

When the people of Jabesh-gilead heard

on 1 Chronicles 10:11-12

Jabesh-gilead remembers Saul's first act as king, the rescue of their city from Nahash in 1 Samuel 11. Chronicles drops Samuel's detail that the men burned the bodies before burying the bones. It keeps the burial, for they buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh and fasted seven days.

This site's exposition

buried their bones under the

1 Samuel 31:12 to 13 has the men of Jabesh burn the bodies before burying the bones under a tamarisk. Chronicles omits the burning and names the tree as an oak. David later moved the bones of Saul and Jonathan to the tomb of Kish (2 Samuel 21:12 to 14).

The words behind it

22 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיָּקוּמוּ֮and they arose

    vaiyakumuH6965 →628 times

  • כָּל־every

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • אִ֣ישׁman of

    ʾishH376 →1663 times

  • חַיִל֒strength

    chayilH2428 →246 times

  • וַיִּשְׂא֞וּand they took

    vaiyisuH5375 →656 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • גּוּפַ֣ת[the] corpse of

    gufatH1480 →

  • שָׁא֗וּלSaul

    shaulH7586 →402 times

  • וְאֵת֙and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • גּוּפֹ֣ת[the] corpses of

    gufotH1480 →

  • בָּנָ֔יוsons his

    banavH1121 →4930 times

  • וַיְבִיא֖וּםand they brought them

    vayviumH935 →2568 times

  • יָבֵ֑ישָׁהJabesh towards

    yaveishahH3003 →24 times

  • וַיִּקְבְּר֨וּand they buried

    vaiyikberuH6912 →

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • עַצְמוֹתֵיהֶ֜םbones their

    atzmoteihemH6106 →

  • תַּ֤חַתunder

    tachatH8478 →505 times

  • הָאֵלָה֙the oak

    haelahH424 →

  • בְּיָבֵ֔שׁin Jabesh

    beyaveshH3003 →24 times

  • וַיָּצ֖וּמוּand they fasted

    vaiyatzumuH6684 →

  • שִׁבְעַ֥תseven

    shivatH7651 →394 times

  • יָמִֽים׃days

    yamimH3117 →2304 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • 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.

    it 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 separate 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.

    it 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…

    it 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.

Where this verse is studied

About 1 Chronicles

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Berean Standard Bible, 1 Samuel 31:12 to 13; Berean Standard Bible, 2 Samuel 21:12 to 14 and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.