1 Samuel 31:13
When 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.
What it says
At Jabesh they burn the bodies, bury the bones under the tamarisk tree, and fast for seven days.
What it is doing
It gives Saul a final burial and closes the chapter in mourning.
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.