John Gill's Exposition on 2 Samuel 21:14

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son, etc.] Together with those who had been hanged: buried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah; a city in the tribe of Benjamin, (<061828>Joshua 18:28); in the sepulchre of Kish his father; the father of Saul, (<090901>1 Samuel 9:1,2); and which, according to Fuller f364, and the position of it in his map, was not far from the hill on which the seven sons of Saul were hanged: and they performed all that the king commanded; that is, David’s messengers and servants did; they fetched the bones of Saul and Jonathan from Jabeshgilead, and buried them with those of his seven sons hanged, in the burying place of his father Kish, and made a general mourning for them; for the Jews say f365, that by David’s order Saul’s coffin was carried through every tribe, and men, women, and children, came out and expressed concern: and after that God was entreated for the land; not after the burial of the said persons, but after the seven men were hanged up; by this the wrath of God was appeased, which was seen by his sending rain and fruitful seasons, so that the famine ceased.

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