And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was intreated for the land.
They buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in the land of Benjamin, in Zelah, in the tomb of Kish, Saul's father. They did everything the king had commanded them to do. After that, God answered their prayers for the land.
This verse shows that after David properly honored Saul and Jonathan with a respectful burial, God finally answered the people's prayers and ended their suffering.
📚 Historical Context
This comes after a three-year famine that God revealed was punishment for Saul's breaking of a treaty with the Gibeonites. David had just allowed the Gibeonites to execute seven of Saul's descendants for justice, and then he gathered all the bones of Saul's family for proper burial. The respectful treatment of the dead was extremely important in ancient Hebrew culture.
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