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Place

Zela

Benjaminite town containing the tomb of Kish, where David reburied the bones of Saul and Jonathan.

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Zela was a town in the territory of , identified in 2 21:14 as the burial place of Saul and his son . After the Gibeonites executed seven of Saul's descendants as recompense for bloodguilt, gathered the bones of Saul and Jonathan from the men of Jabesh-gilead and buried them together with the bones of the seven at Zela in the sepulchre of Kish, Saul's father. 18:28 lists among the towns allotted to Benjamin. Beyond the burial account, the town has no extended narrative in the Bible.

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