Under a tree - This should be translated as “Under the tamarisk,” a well-known tree at Jabesh that was standing when this narrative was writ…

A tree in Jabesh. —A tree, that is “the well-known” tamarisk (êshel). For Saul’s love for trees, see as an instance [Refe…

And they took their bones, and buried [them] under a tree at
Jabesh
For though they b…

The Scripture does not mention what became of the souls of Saul and his sons after they were dead, but only of their bodies. Secret things do not b…