10. They put Saul’s armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths and hung his body on the wall of Beth Shan.
11. When the people living in Jabesh Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,
12. the brave men of Jabesh marched all night and came to Beth Shan. They removed the bodies of Saul and his sons from the wall of Beth Shan and brought them to Jabesh. There they burned the bodies.
13. They took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh. Then the people of Jabesh fasted for seven days.