יָבֵשׁ

Jabesh, Jabesh-Gilead (Place)· Jabesh (Person)

1. Judges 21:8מִיָּבֵ֥ישׁ · from Jabesh-gilead
   So they asked, “Which one of the tribes of Israel failed to come up before the LORD at Mizpah?” And, in fact, no one from Jabesh-gilead had come to the camp for the assembly.
2. Judges 21:9יָבֵ֥שׁ · of Jabesh-gilead
   For when the people were counted, none of the residents of Jabesh-gilead were there.
3. Judges 21:10יָבֵ֤שׁ · in Jabesh-gilead
   So the congregation sent 12,000 of their most valiant men and commanded them: “Go and put to the sword those living in Jabesh-gilead, including women and children.
4. Judges 21:12יָבֵ֣ישׁ · of Jabesh-gilead
   So they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young women who had not had relations with a man, and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh in the land of Canaan.
5. Judges 21:14יָבֵ֣שׁ · from Jabesh-gilead
   And at that time the Benjamites returned and were given the women who were spared from Jabesh-gilead. But there were not enough women for all of them.
6. 1 Samuel 11:1 (2×)יָבֵ֣שׁ · Jabesh-gilead; יָבֵישׁ֙ · of Jabesh
   Then Nahash the Ammonite came up and laid siege to Jabesh-gilead. All the men of Jabesh said to him, “Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you.”
7. 1 Samuel 11:3יָבֵ֗ישׁ · of Jabesh
   “Hold off for seven days,” replied the elders of Jabesh, “and let us send messengers throughout Israel. If there is no one to save us, we will surrender to you.”
8. 1 Samuel 11:5יָבֵֽישׁ׃ · from Jabesh
   Just then Saul was returning from the field, behind his oxen. “What troubles the people?” asked Saul. “Why are they weeping?” And they relayed to him the words of the men from Jabesh.
9. 1 Samuel 11:9 (2×)יָבֵ֣ישׁ · of Jabesh-gilead; יָבֵ֖ישׁ · of Jabesh
   So they said to the messengers who had come, “Tell the men of Jabesh-gilead: ‘Deliverance will be yours tomorrow by the time the sun is hot.’” And when the messengers relayed this to the men of Jabesh, they rejoiced.
10. 1 Samuel 11:10יָבֵ֔ישׁ · of Jabesh
    Then the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, “Tomorrow we will come out, and you can do with us whatever seems good to you.”
11. 1 Samuel 31:11יָבֵ֣ישׁ · of Jabesh-gilead
    When the people of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,
12. 1 Samuel 31:12יָבֵ֔שָׁה · at Jabesh
    …all their men of valor set out, journeyed all night, and retrieved the bodies of Saul and his sons from the wall of Beth-shan. When they arrived at Jabesh, they burned the bodies there.
13. 1 Samuel 31:13בְּיָבֵ֑שָׁה · in Jabesh
    Then they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and they fasted seven days.
14. 2 Samuel 2:4יָבֵ֣ישׁ · of Jabesh-gilead
    Then the men of Judah came to Hebron, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, “It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul.”
15. 2 Samuel 2:5יָבֵ֣ישׁ · of Jabesh-gilead
    So David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh-gilead to tell them, “The LORD bless you, because you showed this kindness to Saul your lord when you buried him.
16. 2 Samuel 21:12יָבֵ֣ישׁ · of Jabesh-gilead
    …he went and took the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the public square of Beth-shan where the Philistines had hung the bodies after they had struck down Saul at Gilboa.
17. 2 Kings 15:10יָבֵ֔שׁ · of Jabesh
    Then Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against Zechariah, struck him down and killed him in front of the people, and reigned in his place.
18. 2 Kings 15:13יָבֵישׁ֙ · of Jabesh
    In the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah’s reign over Judah, Shallum son of Jabesh became king, and he reigned in Samaria one full month.
19. 2 Kings 15:14יָבֵ֖ישׁ · of Jabesh
    Then Menahem son of Gadi went up from Tirzah to Samaria, struck down and killed Shallum son of Jabesh, and reigned in his place.
20. 1 Chronicles 10:11יָבֵ֣ישׁ · Jabesh-gilead
    When all the people of Jabesh-gilead heard about everything the Philistines had done to Saul,
21. 1 Chronicles 10:12 (2×)יָבֵ֑ישָׁה · to Jabesh; בְּיָבֵ֔שׁ · in Jabesh
    …all their men of valor set out and retrieved the bodies of Saul and his sons and brought them to Jabesh. And they buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh and fasted seven days.