10. Then they put his weapons in the temple of the goddess Astarte, and they nailed his body to the wall of the city of Beth Shan.
11. When the people of Jabesh in Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,
12. the bravest men started out and marched all night to Beth Shan. They took down the bodies of Saul and his sons from the wall, brought them back to Jabesh, and burnt them there.
13. Then they took the bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in the town, and fasted for seven days.