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Jabesh-gilead
32.4024°N, 35.6823°E
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Tell el Maqlub
In Scripture (20 references)
Judges
Judges 21:8 They said, “What one is there of the tribes of Israel who didn’t come up to Yahweh to Mizpah?” Behol... Judges 21:9 For when the people were counted, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead there. Judges 21:10 The congregation sent twelve thousand of the most valiant men there, and commanded them, saying, “Go... Judges 21:12 They found among the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead four hundred young virgins who had not known man b... Judges 21:14 Benjamin returned at that time; and they gave them the women whom they had saved alive of the women ... Judges 21:22 It shall be, when their fathers or their brothers come to complain to us, that we will say to them, ...
1 Samuel
1 Samuel 10:27 But certain worthless fellows said, “How could this man save us?” They despised him, and brought him... 1 Samuel 11:1 Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabesh Gilead: and all the men of Jabesh said... 1 Samuel 11:3 The elders of Jabesh said to him, “Give us seven days, that we may send messengers to all the border... 1 Samuel 11:5 Behold, Saul came following the oxen out of the field; and Saul said, “What ails the people that the... 1 Samuel 11:9 They said to the messengers who came, “Tell the men of Jabesh Gilead, ‘Tomorrow, by the time the sun... 1 Samuel 11:10 Therefore the men of Jabesh said, “Tomorrow we will come out to you, and you shall do with us all th... 1 Samuel 31:11 When the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul, 1 Samuel 31:12 all the valiant men arose, went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from... 1 Samuel 31:13 They took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
2 Samuel
2 Samuel 2:4 The men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. They told David, ... 2 Samuel 2:5 David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh Gilead, and said to them, “Blessed are you by Yahweh, tha... 2 Samuel 21:12 So David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh Gi...
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