Bible Verses About Jabesh-Gilead: Saul and his sons buried at

When the people living in Yavesh-Gil'ad heard what the P'lishtim had done to Sha'ul,

all their warriors set out, traveling all night. They took the body of Sha'ul and the bodies of his sons off the wall of Beit-Sh'an, returned to Yavesh and burned them there.

Then they took their bones, buried them under the tamarisk tree in Yavesh and fasted seven days.

When everyone in Yavesh-Gil'ad heard all that the P'lishtim had done to Sha'ul,

all their warriors set out, took away the body of Sha'ul and the bodies of his sons, brought them to Yavesh, buried their bones under the pistachio tree in Yavesh and fasted seven days.