“They took their bones and buried them under the tamarisktree in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.”
1 Samuel 31:13 (WEB)
Context Reading
11When the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul, 12all 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. 13They took their bones and buried them under the tamarisktree in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
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