Jabesh in the Bible is the name of the father of king Shallum of the northern kingdom of ten tribes. This Gutenberg Bible is displayed by the United States Library. ... Shallum of Israel was king of Israel, and son of Jabesh. ...
The Israelites being totally routed, the Philistines, coming to strip the dead, find Saul and has three sons among the slain; they cut off Saul's head, and send it and his armour about the country to the idol temples; and then fix them up in the house of Dagon, 7-10.
The reason of Saul's tragical death; the kingdom is transferred to David, 13, 14.
They remembered their preservation from destruction, and, which to brave men is more galling, from bearing marks of having been defeated, and being deprived of the honourable hope of wiping off disgrace, or defending their country at future seasons.
His hordes had swarmed up the lovely rich valley of the Jabesh, laying bare its barley-fields and olive plantations, and wasting its villages; and they were now besieging the capital of Gilead - Jabesh-gilead - which occupied a commanding position on the top of an isolated hill overhanging the southern crest of the valley.
It is, to say the least, a curious coincidence that Jabesh was the only town in Israel which had not taken part in the exterminating warfare against the tribe of Benjamin (Judges 21:9).
The statement of the elders of Jabesh (ver.3) was evidently intended to mislead Nahash.
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