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and he brought up from there the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son: and they gathered the bones of those who were hanged.
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An Act of Honorable Burial
Commentators explain that this verse details David's specific actions to provide an honorable burial for the house of Saul. He first retrieved the bones of Saul and Jonathan from their temporary grave in Jabesh-gilead and then gathered the remains of the seven descendants who had just been executed. This was a deliberate act of respect and closure.
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2 Samuel
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Reformed Baptist
And he brought up from there the bones of Saul, and the bones of Jonathan his son Whi…
Presbyterian
That a guilty land should enjoy many years of plenty calls for gratitude; and we need not wonder that misused abundance is punished with scarcity. …
