and he brought up from there the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son. They also gathered the bones of those who were hanged.
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and he brought up from there the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son. They also gathered the bones of those who were hanged.
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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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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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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Sa 21:13 And he brought up from thence the…
2Sa 21:13 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.
Ver. 13. And they gathered the bones of them that were hanged.] This was some comfort to their afflicted mother. Some of Christ’s martyrs were denied this honour.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Having first burnt off the flesh which remained upon…
Having first burnt off the flesh which remained upon them when they were taken down. Compare 1Sa 31:10, &c.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son,....…
And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son,.... Together with those who had been hanged:
buried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah; a city in the tribe of Benjamin, Jos 18:28,
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in the sepulchre of Kish his father; the father of Saul, Sa1 9:1; and which, according to Fuller (w), and the position of it in his map, was not far from the hill on which the seven sons of Saul were hanged:
and they performed all that the king commanded; that is, David's messengers and servants did; they fetched the bones of Saul and Jonathan from Jabeshgilead, and buried them with those of his seven sons hanged, in the burying place of his father Kish, and made a general mourning for them; for the Jews say (x), that by David's order Saul's coffin was carried through every tribe, and men, women, and children, came out and expressed concern:
and after that God was entreated for the land; not after the burial of the said persons, but after the seven men were hanged up; by this the wrath of God was appeased, which was seen by his sending rain and fruitful seasons, so that the famine ceased.
(w) Pisgah-Sight, B. 2. c. 12. p. 258. (x) Bemidbar Rabba, ut supra. (fol. 190. 1.)
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain The bones - Having first burnt off the flesh…
The bones - Having first burnt off the flesh which remained upon them when they were taken down. Compare 1 Sam. xxxi, 10, &c.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 2Sa 21:13-14. He brought up the bones of Saul,…
2Sa 21:13-14. He brought up the bones of Saul, &c. — From under the tree where they were buried in Jabesh, 1Sa 31:13. They gathered the bones of them that were hanged — Having first burned off the flesh which remained upon them: or, perhaps, this was done some time after they were taken down, when nothing but bones remained; and then they had all seven an honourable interment. The bones of Saul and Jonathan — Together with those now mentioned. And after that — After those things were done which were before related; that is, after they were hanged up; for by that God was pacified, and not by the burial. God was entreated — When satisfaction was given to the Gibeonites, God restored plenty to the country.
2Sa 21:13-14. Three of the thirty chief — Mentioned afterward: three captains over the thirty. Came to David in the harvest-time — Or rather, as the Hebrew is, at harvest. That is, saith Abarbinel, the Philistines came to destroy the fruits of the earth, that they might famish the Israelites: whereupon David raised an army to protect and defend them in reaping of their harvest, when they went about it. Unto the cave of Adullam — Where he had hid himself under the persecution of Saul; and where he now fortified himself against the Philistines; who in the beginning of his reign, came with great forces against him. And David was then in the hold — Namely, the cave of Adullam, a place very strong by its natural situation! The garrison of the Philistines was in Beth-lehem — They had possessed themselves of this place and put a garrison in it.
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