1Sam.31.11

1 Samuel 31:11

KJV

¶ And when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard of that which the Philistines had done to Saul;

Jabesh-gilead’s Tribute to Saul

Cross References

Judges 21:8

KJV

¶ And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came not up to Mizpeh to the Lord? And, behold, there came none to the camp from Jabesh-gilead to the assembly.

Wives for the Benjamites

Provision for Their Survival

1 Samuel 11:1

KJV

Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabesh-gilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee.

Saul Defeats the Ammonites

2 Samuel 2:4

KJV

And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, That the men of Jabesh-gilead were they that buried Saul.

David Anointed King of Judah

2 Samuel 21:12

KJV

¶ And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh-gilead, which had stolen them from the street of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa: