^{11 Ref} When the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead heard concerning him that which the Philistines had done to Saul,

^{12 Ref} all the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan; and they came to Jabesh, and burnt them there.

^{13 Ref} They took their bones, and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.