Study it in the app“David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the lords of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the square of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them on the day the Philistines struck Saul on Gilboa.”
Davidדָּוִדwentוַיֵּלֶךְand tookוַיִּקַּחthe bonesעַצְמוֹתof Saulשָׁאוּלandוְthe bonesעַצְמוֹתof Jonathanיְהוֹנָתָןhis sonבְּנוֹfromמֵאֵתthe lordsבַּעֲלֵיof Jabesh-gilead,יָבֵישׁ גִּלְעָדwhoאֲשֶׁרhad stolenגָּנְבוּthemאֹתָםfrom the squareמֵרְחֹבof Beth-shan,בֵּית שַׁןwhereאֲשֶׁר שָׁמָּהthe Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּיםhad hanged themתְּלָאוּםon the dayבְּיוֹםthe PhilistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּיםstruckהַכּוֹתSaulשָׁאוּלon Gilboa.בַּגִּלְבֹּעַ
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appearsgo
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelech” appearstake
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “yikach” appearsbone
Each hard piece of the skeleton; also the body itself, of the dead or the living.
Where else “atsmot” appearsSaul
Saul, the name of several people. The best known is the son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin, the first king of Israel. A king of Edom and a son of Simeon also bear it. It means "asked for".
Where else “shaul” appearsJonathan
Jonathan: the long form ("Jehonathan") of the same name as יוֹנָתָן; the Hebrew uses both for the same people, and this translation spells them alike. It means "YHWH has given".
Where else “yehonatan” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appearslord
The leaders or chief men of a city.
Where else “baale” appearsJabesh
Jabesh, a city of Gilead, east of the Jordan. Later King Saul delivered it from the sons of Ammon (1 Samuel 11). It is also the name of a man, the father of King Shallum (2 Kings 15:10).
Where else “yavesh” appearsGilead
See it on the mapWhere else “gilad” appearssteal
To steal something, or kidnap someone.
Where else “ganvu” appearssquare
Square: the open space of a town.
Where else “rechov” appearsBeth-shean
Beth-shean: a strong city where the valley of Jezreel goes down to the Jordan.
Where else “bet” appearsPhilistines
Philistines: a people that settled on the south-west coast of Canaan and was Israel's enemy in the days of the judges and of David.
Where else “pelishtim” appearshang
Hang; often, hang the body of an executed man in view of all.
Where else “telau” appearsday
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appearsstrike dead
To strike dead, kill.
Where else “hakot” appearsGilboa
See it on the mapWhere else “gilboa” appears1Gilead
Today: northern Jordan, east of the Jordan River
A hill region east of the Jordan River, in present-day Jordan.
Reuben, Gad and half of Manasseh settled there (Num 32:1, 33). Jephthah was from Gilead (Judg 11:1). Jeremiah spoke of its balm (Jer 8:22).
2Gilboa
Today: Mount Gilboa, northern West Bank and Israel
A mountain range at the south edge of the Jezreel Valley in northern Israel.
Saul and his sons died there in battle against the Philistines (1 Sam 31:1-6). David mourned them (2 Sam 1:21).
11David was told what Rizpah daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.
12 · This verse (above)
13He brought up from there the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son, and they gathered the bones of those who had been hanged.
