Holy Scripture
1 Samuel 31:12
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“And they walked all night, etc. When the inhabitants of the city of Christ situated on the mountain, Judea, from which they recollected heralds and ministers of salvation had come to them in patriarchs, prophets, and apostles, were treated with contempt and ridicule by the gentiles, they rose to the work of the word,…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
12And they rose up, even every man of might, and marched all night, and took the body of Saul and the body of Jonathan his son from the wall of Beth-shan; and they bring them to Jabesh, and burn them there.
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10And they set up his armor at the temple of Ashtaroth, and they fastened his body on the wall of Beth-shan.
11And the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead hear what the Philistines did to Saul.
— 1 Samuel 31:12 —
13And they take their bones, and bury them in the field that is in Jabesh, and fast seven days.