2 Samuel 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:
Cross-references
In 2 Samuel 2:5-7, David blesses Jabesh-gilead for burying Saul — here he retrieves those bones, continuing the honor.
1 Samuel 31:1 begins the account of Saul's death on Mount Gilboa, directly preceding the body retrieval.
1 Samuel 31:10 describes the Philistines hanging Saul's body on the wall of Beth-shan, which the men of Jabesh-gilead then removed.
1 Samuel 31:11-13 recounts how the men of Jabesh-gilead retrieved Saul's body from Beth-shan; David now retrieves those bones from them.
1 Chronicles 10:1 is the parallel account of the battle on Mount Gilboa, same event from another book.
1 Samuel 31:13 records the burial of Saul's bones under a tamarisk tree in Jabesh, the very bones David retrieves.
1 Chronicles 10:12 records the same event from the men of Jabesh-gilead's perspective — they retrieved Saul's body and buried it, the source of the bones David retrieves.
1 Samuel 28:4 sets the battle scene at Gilboa where Saul died, leading to his body being taken to Beth-shan.