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all the valiant men arose, went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth Shan; and they came to Jabesh and burned them there.
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Verse 12. Burnt them, or the flesh, reserving the ashes and bones to be buried, as was customary among the Greeks (Homer, ψ.) and Romans:
Sed cænam funeris hœres
Negliget iratus quod rem curtaveris; urnæ
Ossa inodora dabit. Persius. vi.
See Amos 6:10. Jonathan insinuates, that they burnt over the bodies aromatic spices.
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