2 Samuel 21:13
What does 2 Samuel 21:13 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Samuel 21:13 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000and 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.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And 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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901and 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
Bible in Basic English · 1949And 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.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and he bringeth up thence the bones of Saul, and the bones of Jonathan his son, and they gather the bones of those hanged,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And he brought from thence the bones of Saul, and the bones of Jonathan his son, and they gathered up the bones of them that were crucified,
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890and 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.
Context
v.12And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the street of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, in the day that the Philistines slew Saul in Gilboa;
v.13This passage
v.14And they buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the country of Benjamin in Zela, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was entreated for the land.
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