Place
Jabesh
Named in 8 verses across 2 books, first in 1 Chronicles 10:12.
The dataset treats this record as another name for, or a duplicate of, Jabesh-gilead.
In the Bible
All 1 verse in 1 Chronicles, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.
1 Chronicles
- 1 Chronicles 10:12
all their men of valor set out and retrieved the bodies of Saul and his sons and brought them to Jabesh. And they buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh and fasted seven days.
Dictionary
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. Its geography and “modern” descriptions date from the 1890s. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.
Read Easton’s entry
For Jabesh-Gilead (1 Sam. 11:3, 9, 10).