Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'jabesh' occurs 24 times in the standard works.

19 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'jabesh' in the standard works and contain 79.2% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 9 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Sam. 11:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

 11:9 And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, To morrow, by that time the sun be hot, ye shall have help. And the messengers came and shewed it to the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.

 11:10 Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To morrow we will come out unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you.




1 Chr. 10:11-12 (3 in 2 verses)

Judg. 21:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 11:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Sam. 31:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 2:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 15:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 24 0 24
Judg. 5 0 5
1 Sam. 10 0 10
2 Sam. 3 0 3
2 Kgs. 3 0 3
1 Chr. 3 0 3
NT 0 0 0
BM 0 0 0
DC 0 0 0
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 24 0 24

1 Sam. 11:1
Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabesh-gilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee.

1 Sam. 11:3
And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days' respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel: and then, if there be no man to save us, we will come out to thee.

1 Sam. 11:5
And, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field; and Saul said, What aileth the people that they weep? And they told him the tidings of the men of Jabesh.

1 Sam. 11:9
And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, To morrow, by that time the sun be hot, ye shall have help. And the messengers came and shewed it to the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.

1 Sam. 11:10
Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To morrow we will come out unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you.

1 Sam. 31:11
And when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard of that which the Philistines had done to Saul;

1 Sam. 31:12
All the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there.

1 Sam. 31:13
And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.