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2 Samuel 21:12 (NIV2010)

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¹² he went and took the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the citizens of Jabesh Gilead. (They had stolen their bodies from the public square at Beth Shan, where the Philistines had hung them after they struck Saul down on 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