4 And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah.

When they told David, ⁿ“It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul,” 5 David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh-gilead and said to them, “May you be blessed by the Lord, because you showed this loyalty to Saul your lord and buried him.

12 David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of his son Jonathan from the men of Jabesh-gilead, ^ewho had stolen them from the public square of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, on the day the Philistines killed Saul on Gilboa.