“They took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. 1 Samuel 31 contains 13 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.