Zela


in the land of Benjamin in Zela - 2 Samuel 21:14

Saul's house is buried in Zela

During a 3-year famine, King David sought the LORD and learned of the bloodguilt of Saul's house against the Gibeonites. They asked for 7 of Saul's sons to hang in Gibeah of Saul, but David spared Mephibosheth because of the oath of the Lord that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.

Rizpah's unrelenting care for her sons' hanged bodies motivated David to gather Saul, Jonathan, and his sons' bones and bury them in the land of Benjamin in Zela in the tomb of Kish.

(2 Samuel 21:1-14)