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2 Samuel 21:13

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So David had the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan brought from there, along with the bones of those who had been hanged.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

and he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son: and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged.

KJV

And he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son; and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged.

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This verse in 2 Samuel 21

Commentary

3 notes on this verse
And he brought up from thence the bones of Saul, and the bones of Jonathan his son,.... Which had been buried there under an oak, 1Ch 10:12, and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged; the seven sons of Saul, who had been lately hanged; who either had hung so long that their flesh was consumed, and the bones dropped upon the ground, from whence they gathered them; or they took them down and burnt the flesh off of them, and took the bones to bury them, which was not usually done (u). (u) Lipsins de Cruce, l.

This site's exposition

struck down Saul at Gilboa

on 2 Samuel 21:12-14

David sends for the bones of Saul and Jonathan, and Adam Clarke notes he may have sent messengers. The bones of the seven hanged men are gathered with them, and Saul and Jonathan are buried in the tomb of Kish in Zela. Then “God answered their prayers for the land”.

This site's exposition

who had been hanged

The bones of Saul and Jonathan had lain under an oak at Jabesh, as 1 Chronicles 10:12 records. John Gill suggests the seven had hung so long that their flesh was gone and their bones had dropped to the ground. The months of Rizpah's vigil lie behind this gathering.

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

They gathered the bones. Of the seven people that were hung there. 21 In verse.
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on II Samuel 21:13:1, via Sefaria, The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J
2 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
He took Shaul's bones. He [Dovid] was told concerning them, "Because of Shaul" 20 Earlier in:1. who was not eulogized according to halachah.
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on II Samuel 21:12:1, via Sefaria, The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J
Everything that the king had commanded. To eulogize them in all of the cities of Yisroel.
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on II Samuel 21:14:1, via Sefaria, The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 3 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

13 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.

  • וַיַּ֤עַלand he brought up

    vaiyaalH5927 →890 times

  • מִשָּׁם֙from there

    mishamH8033 →834 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • עַצְמ֣וֹת[the] bones of

    atzmotH6106 →126 times

  • שָׁא֔וּלSaul

    shaulH7586 →402 times

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • עַצְמ֖וֹת[the] bones of

    atzmotH6106 →126 times

  • יְהוֹנָתָ֣ןJonathan

    yehonatanH3083 →81 times

  • בְּנ֑וֹson his

    benoH1121 →4930 times

  • וַיַּ֣אַסְפ֔וּand they gathered

    vaiyaasfuH622 →200 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • עַצְמ֖וֹת[the] bones of

    atzmotH6106 →126 times

  • הַמּוּקָעִֽים׃the impaled [men]

    hamukaimH3363 →8 times

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

Where this verse is studied

About 2 Samuel

Rizpah’s Kindness toward the Dead — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Rizpah’s Kindness toward the Dead — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
2 Samuel: the study guide →Read 2 Samuel 21 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.

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