1 Samuel 31:11
When the people of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,
What it says
The people of Jabesh-gilead hear what the Philistines have done to Saul.
What it is doing
It introduces the community that will answer Saul’s disgrace.
In context
11When the people of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul, 12all their men of valor set out, journeyed all night, and retrieved the bodies of Saul and his sons from the wall of Beth-shan. 13When they arrived at Jabesh, they burned the bodies there. Then they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and they fasted seven days.