12 all their brave men set out and retrieved the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons and brought them to Jabesh. They buried their bones under the oak[a] in Jabesh(A) and fasted seven days.

13 Saul died for his unfaithfulness to the Lord because he did not keep the Lord’s word.(B) He even consulted a medium for guidance,(C) 14 but he did not inquire of the Lord. So the Lord put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 10:12 Or terebinth, or large tree

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