1 Samuel 31:13
“And they tooke their bones, and buried them vnder a tree at Iabesh, and fasted seuen dayes.”
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1 Samuel 31:13 Context
11¶ And when the inhabitants of Iabesh Gilead heard of that which the Philistines had done to Saul: 12All the valiant men arose, and went all night, and tooke the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sonnes from the wall of Bethshan, and came to Iabesh, and burnt them there. 13And they tooke their bones, and buried them vnder a tree at Iabesh, and fasted seuen dayes.
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Other Translations for 1 Samuel 31:13
And they took their bones, and buried [them] under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
- King James Version
They took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And they took their bones, and buried them under the tamarisk-tree in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And their bones they put in the earth under a tree in Jabesh; and for seven days they took no food.
- Basic English Bible
And they took their bones, and buried them under the tamarisk at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
- Darby Bible
And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
- Webster's Bible
They took their bones, and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
- World English Bible
and they take their bones, and bury [them] under the tamarisk in Jabesh, and fast seven days.
- Youngs Literal Bible
And they took their bones, and buried them under the tamarisk-tree in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for 1 Samuel 31:13
31:13 Fasted - To testify their sorrow for the loss of Saul, and of the people of God; and to intreat God's favour to prevent the utter extinction of his people. 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. This book began with the birth of Samuel, and ends with the death of Saul: The comparing these together will teach us to prefer the honour that comes from God, before all the honours of the world.