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

And they hear regarding it--the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead--that which the Philistines have done to Saul,

and all the men of valour arise, and go all the night, and take the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, from the wall of Beth-Shan, and come in to Jabesh, and burn them there,

and they take their bones, and bury them under the tamarisk in Jabesh, and fast seven days.

And all Jabesh-Gilead hear of all that the Philistines have done to Saul,

and all the men of valour rise and bear away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and bring them in to Jabesh, and bury their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fast seven days.