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)

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)

 2:4 And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, That the men of Jabesh-gilead were they that buried Saul.

 2:5 And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, and said unto them, Blessed be ye of the Lord, that ye have shewed this kindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him.




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

2 Sam. 2:4
And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, That the men of Jabesh-gilead were they that buried Saul.

2 Sam. 2:5
And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, and said unto them, Blessed be ye of the Lord, that ye have shewed this kindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him.

2 Sam. 21:12
And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh-gilead, which had stolen them from the street of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa: