King James Version
1 Samuel 31:13 in the King James Version says “And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.” — study this verse from 1 Samuel chapter 31 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.”
1 Samuel 31:13 · KJV
And when the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead heard of that which the Philistines had done to Saul; of that: or, concerning him that
All the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Bethshan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there.
And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“their bones”
H6106a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e., (as pron.) selfsame
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc
“seven”
H7651seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
“days”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
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