2Sa 21:12 | NET2full | STEP | he went and took the bones of Saul and of his son Jonathan from the leaders of Jabesh Gilead . (They had secretly taken them from the plaza at Beth Shan . It was there that Philistines publicly exposed their corpses after they had killed Saul at Gilboa .)

‏ 2 Samuel 21:12

12 he ^{▼▼tn Heb “David.” For stylistic reasons the name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation.} went and took the bones of Saul and of his son Jonathan ^{▼▼tn Heb “the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son.” See also v. 13.} from the leaders ^{▼▼tn Heb “lords.”} of Jabesh Gilead. (They had secretly taken ^{▼▼tn Heb “stolen.”} them from the plaza at Beth Shan. It was there that Philistines ^{▼▼tc Against the MT, this word is better read without the definite article. The MT reading is probably here the result of wrong word division, with the letter ה (he) belonging with the preceding word שָׁם (sham) as the he directive (i.e., שָׁמָּה, samah, “to there”).} publicly exposed their corpses ^{▼▼tn Heb “had hung them.”} after ^{▼▼tn Heb “in the day.”} they ^{▼▼tn Heb “Philistines.”} had killed Saul at Gilboa.)