Which city's brave inhabitants reclaimed the bodies of Saul and his sons from the wall of Beth-shan to give them a proper burial?
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Correct answer: Jabesh-gilead
The men of Jabesh-gilead traveled all night to retrieve the bodies as an act of gratitude for Saul’s first military victory, which had saved their city from the Ammonites years earlier.
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