1Sa 31:11-13 | KingComments | STEP | Then it turns out that Saul still has friends. There are still people in Israel for whom this humiliation goes too far. They sacrifice their night’s rest in order to pick up Saul’s body and the bodies of his sons, after which they burned them and buried the bones. Then they fast for seven days. They understand something of the reproach that has been placed on Israel. With this everything that has to do with the king after the heart of man and the system that belongs to him has ended. The way is free for the man after God’s heart. This is what the next book is about.

‏ 1 Samuel 31:11-13

The Inhabitants of Jabesh

Then it turns out that Saul still has friends. There are still people in Israel for whom this humiliation goes too far. They sacrifice their night’s rest in order to pick up Saul’s body and the bodies of his sons, after which they burned them and buried the bones. Then they fast for seven days. They understand something of the reproach that has been placed on Israel.

With this everything that has to do with the king after the heart of man and the system that belongs to him has ended. The way is free for the man after God’s heart. This is what the next book is about.