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Jabesh-Gilead
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This city was afterwards taken by Nahash, king of the Ammonites, but was delivered by Saul, the newly-elected king of Israel. In gratitude for this deliverance, forty years after this, the men of Jabesh-Gilead took down the bodies of Saul and of his three sons from the walls of Beth-shan, and after burning them, buried the bones under a tree near the city (1 Samuel 31:11-13 ). David thanked them for this act of piety (2 Samuel 2:4-6 ), and afterwards transferred the remains to the royal sepulchre (21:14). It is identified with the ruins of ed-Deir, about 6 miles south of Pella, on the north of the Wady Yabis.
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These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain.
These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain.
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Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Jabesh-Gilead'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ebd/​j/jabesh-gilead.html. 1897.
Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Jabesh-Gilead'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ebd/​j/jabesh-gilead.html. 1897.