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12 David had Saul’s bones and the bones of his son Jonathan removed from the custody of certain men from Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the public square in Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them—that is, back on the day when the Philistines had killed Saul on Mount[a] Gilboa. 13 He brought the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from there along with the bones of those who had been hanged, 14 and they buried Saul’s bones and his son Jonathan’s bones in the territory of Benjamin in Zela, in the tomb of Saul’s[b] father Kish. After they had done everything that the king commanded, God responded to prayers for the land.[c]

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  1. 2 Samuel 21:12 The Heb. lacks Mount
  2. 2 Samuel 21:14 Lit. his
  3. 2 Samuel 21:14 Cf. 2Sam 24:25