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2 Samuel 21:12 (GN)

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¹² he went and got the bones of Saul and of his son Jonathan from the people of Jabesh in Gilead. (They had stolen them from the public square in Beth Shan, where the Philistines had hanged the bodies on the day they killed Saul on Mount Gilboa.)

Definition(s):
Jabesh (Jeh-bish): dryness; confusion; shame
Jonathan (Jonn-a-thann): given of God
Jonathan (Yoh-na-thann): given of God
Philistines (Fill-iss-tigns): those who dwell in villages
Saul (Sawl): demanded; lent; ditch; death