13David brought the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from there, and the bones of those who had been killed and exposed were gathered up.


In Context

10 Rizpah daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on a rock. From the beginning of the harvest till the rain poured down from the heavens on the bodies, she did not let the birds of the air touch them by day or the wild animals by night.

11 When David was told what Aiah's daughter Rizpah, Saul's concubine, had done,

12 he went and took the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the citizens of Jabesh Gilead. (They had taken them secretly from the public square at Beth Shan, where the Philistines had hung them after they struck Saul down on Gilboa.)

13 David brought the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from there, and the bones of those who had been killed and exposed were gathered up.

14 They buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in the tomb of Saul's father Kish, at Zela in Benjamin, and did everything the king commanded. After that, God answered prayer in behalf of the land.

15 Once again there was a battle between the Philistines and Israel. David went down with his men to fight against the Philistines, and he became exhausted.

2nd Samuel 21:13 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:13And he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son; and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:13And he brought from thence the bones of Saul, and the bones of Jonathan his son, and they gathered up the bones of them that were crucified,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:13and he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son: and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:13and he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son; and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:13and he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son; and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:13And he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son; and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:13and 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:13and he bringeth up thence the bones of Saul, and the bones of Jonathan his son, and they gather the bones of those hanged,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:13And he brought up from there the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son; and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged.