2 Samuel 21:14

And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was intreated for the land.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
bones	עַצְמוֹת 'atz.mot-	H6106	a bone (as strong) · noun, common feminine plural construct
Saul	שָׁא֣וּל sha.'Ul	H7586	Shaul · proper noun, a man's name
Jonathan	וִיהוֹנָֽתָן vi.ho.na.ton-	H3083	Jehonathan · conjunction + proper noun, a man's name
son	בְּ֠נוֹ be.no	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
buried	וַיִּקְבְּר֣וּ vai.yik.be.Ru	H6912	to inter · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
country	בְּאֶ֨רֶץ be.'E.retz	H776	the earth (at large · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct
Benjamin	בִּנְיָמִ֜ן bin.ya.Min	H1144	Binjamin · proper noun, a man's name
Zelah	בְּצֵלָ֗ע be.tze.La'	H6762	Tsela · preposition + proper noun, a place name
sepulchre	בְּקֶ֙בֶר֙ be.Ke.ver	H6913	a sepulchre · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
Kish	קִ֣ישׁ kish	H7027	Kish · proper noun, a man's name
father	אָבִ֔יו 'a.Viv	H1	father · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
performed	וַֽיַּעֲשׂ֔וּ vai.ya.'a.Su	H6213	to do or make · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
king	הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ ha.Me.lekh	H4428	a king · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
commanded	צִוָּ֖ה tzi.Vah	H6680	(intensively) to constitute · verb, piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
after	אַֽחֲרֵי 'a.cha.rei-	H310	properly · cardinal number, masculine plural construct
God	אֱלֹהִ֛ים 'E.lo.Him	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural absolute
intreated	וַיֵּעָתֵ֧ר vai.ye.'a.Ter	H6279	to burn incense in worship · conjunction + verb, niphal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
land	לָאָ֖רֶץ la.'A.retz	H776	the earth (at large · preposition with the article + noun, common feminine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Joshua 18:28 And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the…
Joshua 7:26 And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So the LORD turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of th…
2 Samuel 24:25 And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the LORD was intreated for the land, and t…
Exodus 32:27-29 And he said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughou…
Numbers 25:13 And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made a…
1 Samuel 10:2 When thou art departed from me to day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel’s sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will…
2 Samuel 3:32 And they buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept.
2 Samuel 4:12 And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up over the pool in Hebron. B…

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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 21:14

And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son,.... Together with those who had been hanged: buried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah; a city in the tribe of Benjamin, Joshua 18:28, in the sepulchre of Kish his father; the father of Saul, 1 Samuel 9:1; and which, according to Fuller (w), and the position of it in his map, was not far from the hill on which the seven sons of Saul were hanged: and they performed all that the king commanded; that is, David's messengers and servants did; they fetched the bones of Saul and Jonathan from Jabeshgilead, and buried them with those of his seven sons hanged, in the burying place of his father Kish, and made a general mourning for them; for the Je…

Dictionary and topics

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.…
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…
Kish — A bow. (1.) A Levite of the family of Merari (1 Chr. 23:21; 24:29). (2.) A Benjamite of Jerusalem (1 Chr. 8:30; 9:36). (3.) A Levite in the time of Hezekiah (2 Chr. 29:12). (4.) The great-grandfather…
Saul — Asked for. (1.) A king of Edom (Gen. 36:37, 38); called Shaul in 1 Chr. 1:48. (2.) The son of Kish (probably his only son, and a child of prayer, “asked for”), of the tribe of Benjamin, the first…
Zelah — Slope; side, a town in Benjamin, where Saul and his son Jonathan were buried (2 Sam. 21:14). It was probably Saul’s birthplace.
Jabesh-Gilead · at Zelah — at Zelah
Jonathan · .Killed in the battle with the Philistines — .Killed in the battle with the Philistines
Kish · 1. Father of Saul — 1. Father of Saul
Zelah · Saul buried in — Saul buried in

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 21:14

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 21:14

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2 Samuel 21:14

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 21:14

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Samuel 21:1-14

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Samuel 21:14

Rashi on 2 Samuel 21:14