2 Samuel 21:13
And he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son; and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged.
2 Samuel 21:13 in other translations
| BSB | So David had the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan brought from there, along with the bones of those who had been hanged. |
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| WEB | and he brought up from there the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son. They also gathered the bones of those who were hanged. |
| ASV | and he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son: and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged. |
| YLT | and he bringeth up thence the bones of Saul, and the bones of Jonathan his son, and they gather the bones of those hanged, |
| DARBY | and he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son; and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged. |
| BBE | And he took the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from that place; and they got together the bones of those who had been put to death by hanging. |
| Webster | And he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son; and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged. |
What does 2 Samuel 21:13 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Samuel 21:10-14
That a guilty land should enjoy many years of plenty, calls for gratitude; and we need not wonder misused abundance should be punished with scarcity; yet how few are disposed to ask of the Lord concerning the sinful cause, while numbers search for the second causes by which he is pleased to work! But the Lord will plead the cause of those who cannot or will not avenge themselves; and the prayers of the poor are of…
2 Samuel 21:13 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- 2 Samuel 21:12
And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh–gilead, which had stolen them from the street of Beth–shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa:
- 2 Samuel 21:13
And he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son; and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged.
- 2 Samuel 21:14
And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was intreated for the land.
2 Samuel 21:13 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | E hizo llevar de allí los huesos de Saúl y los huesos de Jonathán su hijo; y juntaron también los huesos de los ahorcados. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et il emporta de là les os de Saül et les os de Jonathan, son fils; et on recueillit les os de ceux qui avaient été pendus, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und er brachte die Gebeine Sauls und die Gebeine seines Sohnes Jonathan von dannen herauf; und man sammelte die Gebeine der Gehängten, |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | et asportavit inde ossa Saul, et ossa Jonathæ filii ejus: et colligentes ossa eorum qui affixi fuerant, |