and he brought up from there the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son. They also gathered the bones of those who were hanged.
Parallel translations
- KJV And he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son; and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged.
- BSB So David had the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan brought from there, along with the bones of those who had been hanged.
- ESV And he brought up from there the bones of Saul and the bones of his son Jonathan; and they gathered the bones of those who were hanged.
- NKJV So he brought up the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from there; and they gathered the bones of those who had been hanged.
- NASB He brought up from there the bones of Saul and the bones of his son Jonathan, and they gathered the bones of those who had been hanged.
- NLT So David obtained the bones of Saul and Jonathan, as well as the bones of the men the Gibeonites had executed.
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