Jabesh Gilead

Jabesh Gilead Scripture - 2 Samuel 2:4

And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, [That] the men of Jabeshgilead [were they] that buried Saul....

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Jabesh Gilead Scripture - Judges 21:9

For the people were numbered, and, behold, [there were] none of the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead there....

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Jabesh Gilead Scripture - 1 Samuel 11:1

Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabeshgilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee....

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Jabesh Gilead Scripture - 1 Samuel 31:11

And when the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead heard of that which the Philistines had done to Saul;...

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Jabesh Gilead in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ja'-besh-gil'-e-ad (yabhesh gil`adh; or simply yabhish, "dry"): A city East of the Jordan, in the deliverance of which from Nahash the Ammonite Saul's military prowess was first displayed (1 Sam 11:1 ff). At an earlier time the inhabitants failed to share with their brethren in taking vengeance upon Benjamin. This laxity was terribly punished,...

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Jabesh Gilead Scripture - 2 Samuel 2:5

And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabeshgilead, and said unto them, Blessed [be] ye of the LORD, that ye have shewed this kindness unto your lord, [even] unto Saul, and have buried him....

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Jabesh Gilead Scripture - 1 Chronicles 10:11

And when all Jabeshgilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,...

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