1 Samuel 31:13
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And they took their bones, and buried them in the wood of Jabes: and fasted seven days.

their bones

Genesis 35:8 At the same time Debora, the nurse of Rebecca, died, and was buried at the foot of Bethel, under an oak, and the name of that place was called, The oak of weeping.

2 Samuel 2:4,5 And the men of Juda came, and anointed David there, to be king over the house of Juda. And it was told David that the men of Jabes Galaad had buried Saul. . . .

2 Samuel 21:12-14 And David went, and took the bones of Saul, and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabes Galaad, who had stolen them from the street of Bethsan, where the Philistines had hanged them when they had slain Saul in Gelboe. . . .

fasted seven

Genesis 50:10 And they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is situated beyond the Jordan: where celebrating the exequies with a great and vehement lamentation, they spent full seven days.

Context
Jabesh-gilead's Tribute to Saul
12All the most valiant men arose, and walked all the night, and took the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, from the wall of Bethsan: and they came to Jabes Galaad, and burnt them there. 13And they took their bones, and buried them in the wood of Jabes: and fasted seven days.
Cross References
John 11:19
And many of the Jews were come to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.

1 Samuel 22:6
And SauI heard that David was seen, and the men that were with him. Now whilst Saul abode in Gabaa, and was in the wood, which is by Rama, having his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him,

2 Samuel 1:12
And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until evening for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the Lord, and for the house of Israel, because they were fallen by the sword.

2 Samuel 11:26
And the wife of Urias heard that Urias her husband was dead, and she mourned for him.

2 Samuel 21:12
And David went, and took the bones of Saul, and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabes Galaad, who had stolen them from the street of Bethsan, where the Philistines had hanged them when they had slain Saul in Gelboe.

Lexicon
Then they took
וַיִּקְחוּ֙ (way·yiq·ḥū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3947: To take

their bones
עַצְמֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔ם (‘aṣ·mō·ṯê·hem)
Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6106: A bone, the body, the substance, selfsame

and buried
וַיִּקְבְּר֥וּ (way·yiq·bə·rū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6912: To inter

them under
תַֽחַת־ (ṯa·ḥaṯ-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of

the tamarisk tree
הָאֶ֖שֶׁל (hā·’e·šel)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 815: A tamarisk tree, a grove of any kind

in Jabesh,
בְּיָבֵ֑שָׁה (bə·yā·ḇê·šāh)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3003: Jabesh -- a place in Gilead, also an Israelite

and they fasted
וַיָּצֻ֖מוּ (way·yā·ṣu·mū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6684: To abstain from food, fast

seven
שִׁבְעַ֥ת (šiḇ·‘aṯ)
Number - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7651: Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number

days.
יָמִֽים׃ (yā·mîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day


Additional Translations
Then they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and they fasted seven days.And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

And they took their bones, and buried them under the tamarisk-tree in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

And they take their bones, and bury them in the field that is in Jabis, and fast seven days.

And they took their bones, and buried them under the tamarisk at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

And they took their bones, and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

They took their bones, and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

and they take their bones, and bury them under the tamarisk in Jabesh, and fast seven days.
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