2 Samuel 21:12
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh–gilead, which had stolen them from the street of Beth–shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa:”
דָּוִד
David. Beloved. The shepherd boy who became king. A man after God's own heart. God chooses the surrendered heart not the impressive resume.
בֵּן
son/ his
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בֵּן
Son. Ben. A son with full rights. You are sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. Full rights. Full access. Full inheritance.
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בַּעַל
the citizens of
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בַּעַל
a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)
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תָּלָא
they had hung up/ them
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תָּלָא
to suspend; figuratively (through hesitation) to be uncertain; by implication (of mental dependence) to habituate
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עֶצֶם
the bones of
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עֶצֶם
a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame
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גִּלְעָד
Gilead
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גִּלְעָד
Gilad, a region East of the Jordan; also the name of three Israelites
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גָּנַב
they had stolen
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גָּנַב
to thieve (literally or figuratively); by implication, to deceive
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יָבֵשׁ
Jabesh
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יָבֵשׁ
Jobesh, the name of an Israelite and of a place in Palestine
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שָׁם
there/ towards
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שָׁם
there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
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נָכָה
struck down
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נָכָה
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
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שָׁאוּל
Saul
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שָׁאוּל
Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites
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בֵּית שְׁאָן
Beth
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בֵּית שְׁאָן
Beth-Shean or Beth-Shan, a place in Palestine
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פְּלִשְׁתִּי
the Philistines
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פְּלִשְׁתִּי
a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth
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יְהוֹנָתָן
Jonathan
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יְהוֹנָתָן
Jehonathan, the name of four Israelites
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