When David, the anointed of Jehovah, found out what the inhabitants of Jabesh - gilead had done, he said: “Blessed may you be of Jehovah, because you exercised this loving - kindness toward your lord, toward Saul, in that you buried him.
इसके अलावा, इस्राएलियों में मातम मनाने के रिवाज़ के मुताबिक उन्होंने सात दिन तक उपवास किया ।