2 Samuel 21:12

And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabeshgilead, which had stolen them from the street of Bethshan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa:

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
David	דָּוִ֗ד da.Vid	H1732	David · proper noun, a man's name
went	יָלַךְ yâlak	H3212	to walk (literally or figuratively)
took	וַיִּקַּ֞ח vai.yi.Kach	H3947	to take (in the widest variety of applications) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
bones	עַצְמ֤וֹת atz.Mot	H6106	a bone (as strong) · noun, common feminine plural construct
Saul	שָׁאוּל֙ sha.'Ul	H7586	Shaul · proper noun, a man's name
bones	עַצְמוֹת֙ 'atz.mOt	H6106	a bone (as strong) · noun, common feminine plural construct
Jonathan	יְהוֹנָתָ֣ן ye.ho.na.Tan	H3083	Jehonathan · proper noun, a man's name
son	בְּנ֔וֹ be.No	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
men	בַּעֲלֵ֖י ba.'a.Lei	H1167	a master · noun, common masculine plural construct
Jabesh-gilead	יָבֵ֣ישׁ ya.Veish	H3003	Jobesh · proper noun, a place name
stolen	גָּנְב֨וּ ga.ne.Vu	H1589	to thieve (literally or figuratively) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
street	מֵרְחֹ֣ב me.re.Cho	H7339	a width · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct
Beth-shan	בֵּֽית beit-	H1052	Beth-Shean or Beth-Shan · proper noun, a place name
Philistines	פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים ha.pe.lish.tim	H6430	a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth · noun, gentilic masculine plural absolute
hanged	תְּלָא֥וּם te.lum	H8511	to suspend · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
when	בְּי֨וֹם be.Yom	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
Philistines	פְּלִשְׁתִּ֛ים pe.lish.Tim	H6430	a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth · noun, gentilic masculine plural absolute
slain	הַכּ֧וֹת ha.Kot	H5221	to strike (lightly or severely · verb, hiphil infinitive construct
Saul	שָׁא֖וּל sha.'Ul	H7586	Shaul · proper noun, a man's name
Gilboa	בַּגִּלְבֹּֽעַ ba.gil.Bo.a'	H1533	Gilboa · preposition with the article + proper noun, a place name

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Cross-references

Joshua 17:11 And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth-shean and her towns, and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, and…
1 Samuel 31:10-13 And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.
1 Samuel 28:4 And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they pitched in…
1 Samuel 31:1 Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.
2 Samuel 1:6 And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots a…
2 Samuel 1:21 Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the might…
2 Samuel 2:5-7 And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, and said unto them, Blessed be ye of the LORD, that ye have shewed this kindness un…
1 Chronicles 10:1 Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 21:10-14

Here we have, I. Saul's sons not only hanged, but hanged in chains, their dead bodies left hanging, and exposed, till the judgment ceased, which their death was to turn away, by the sending of rain upon the land. They died as sacrifices, and thus they were, in a manner, offered up, not consumed all at once by fire, but gradually by the air. They died as anathemas, and by this ignominious usage they were represented as execrable, because iniquity was laid upon them. When our blessed Saviour was made sin for us he was made a curse for us. But how shall we reconcile this with the law which expressly required that those who were hanged should be buried on the same day? Deu 21:23. One of the Jewi…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 21:12

DAVID BURIES THE BONES OF SAUL AND JONATHAN IN THEIR FATHER'S SEPULCHER. (Sa2 21:12-22) David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son, &c.--Before long, the descent of copious showers, or perhaps an order of the king, gave Rizpah the satisfaction of releasing the corpses from their ignominious exposure; and, incited by her pious example, David ordered the remains of Saul and his sons to be transferred from their obscure grave in Jabesh-gilead to an honorable interment in the family vault at Zelah or Zelzah (Sa1 10:2), now Beit-jala.

Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 21:12

Took the bones of Saul - The reader will recollect that the men of Jabesh-gilead burned the bodies of Saul and his sons, and buried the remaining bones under a tree at Jabesh. See Sa1 31:12, Sa1 31:13. These David might have digged up again, in order to bury them in the family sepulcher.

John Gill on 2 Samuel 21:12

And David went and took the bones of Saul, and the bones of Jonathan his son, from the men of Jabeshgilead,.... Which, according to Bunting (t), was fifty two miles from Jerusalem; though perhaps David did not go thither in person to fetch them, but by his messengers, see 2 Samuel 21:14, which had stolen them from the street of Bethshan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa; the history of all which see in 1 Samuel 31:8. (t) Travels, &c. p. 122, 143.

Dictionary and topics

Beth-shean — House of security or rest, a city which belonged to Manasseh (1 Chr. 7:29), on the west of Jordan. The bodies of Saul and his sons were fastened to its walls. In Solomon’s time it gave its name to a…
David — Beloved, the eighth and youngest son of Jesse, a citizen of Bethlehem. His father seems to have been a man in humble life. His mother’s name is not recorded. Some think she was the Nahash of 2 Sam.…
Gilboa — Boiling spring, a mountain range, now Jebel Fukua’, memorable as the scene of Saul’s disastrous defeat by the Philistines. Here also his three sons were slain, and he himself died by his own hand (1…
Jonathan — Whom Jehovah gave, the name of fifteen or more persons that are mentioned in Scripture. The chief of these are, (1.) A Levite descended from Gershom (Judg. 18:30). His history is recorded in 17:7-13…
Beth-Shean · General references — General references
Jabesh-Gilead · at Zelah — at Zelah
Jonathan · .Killed in the battle with the Philistines — .Killed in the battle with the Philistines
Punishments · Capital kinds of: Hanging — Capital kinds of: Hanging

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

2 Samuel 21:12

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 21:10-14

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 21:12

Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 21:12

John Gill on 2 Samuel 21:12

Dictionary and topics

2 Samuel 21:12

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 21:10-14

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 21:12

Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 21:12

John Gill on 2 Samuel 21:12

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Samuel 21:1-14

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Samuel 21:11-13

Rashi on 2 Samuel 21:12