Where can you find Jabesh-Gilead in the Bible?
The term Jabesh-Gilead is found 12 times in Scripture.
It is found 12 times in the Old Testament and not once in the New Testament.
The term’s first mention is found in Judges 21:8 and it’s last mention is found in 1 Chronicles 10:11 .
Jabesh-Gilead is found in the following books of the Bible in order of occurrence: Judges (5), 1 Samuel (3), 2 Samuel (3), 1 Chronicles (1).
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Jabesh-Gilead
Here are the 12 passages in the Bible where you will find Jabesh-Gilead :
| Reference | Passage (KJV) |
|---|---|
| Judges 21:8 | And they said, What one [is there] of the tribes of Israel that came not up to Mizpeh to the LORD? And, behold, there came none to the camp from Jabeshgilead to the assembly. |
| Judges 21:9 | For the people were numbered, and, behold, [there were] none of the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead there. |
| Judges 21:10 | And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the children. |
| Judges 21:12 | And they found among the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead four hundred young virgins, that had known no man by lying with any male: and they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh, which [is] in the land of Canaan. |
| Judges 21:14 | And Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them wives which they had saved alive of the women of Jabeshgilead : and yet so they sufficed them not. |
| 1 Samuel 11:1 | Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabeshgilead : and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee. |
| 1 Samuel 11:9 | And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabeshgilead , 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 Samuel 31:11 | And when the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead heard of that which the Philistines had done to Saul; |
| 2 Samuel 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 Jabeshgilead [were they] that buried Saul. |
| 2 Samuel 2:5 | And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabeshgilead , 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 Samuel 21:12 | And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabeshgilead , which had stolen them from the street of Bethshan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa: |
| 1 Chronicles 10:11 | And when all Jabeshgilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul, |
The above references are a simple search performed on the KJV Bible without using case sensitivity.
