They said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel who didn't come up to Yahweh to Mizpah? Behold, there came none to the camp from Jabesh Gilead to the assembly.
(2) When King Saul was slain, the citizens of Jabesh-Gilead took down the bodies of Saul and his sons from the wall of Bethsban and buried them at Jabesh  (1 Samuel 31:11-13), for which gallant and courageous action, David thanked them  (2 Samuel 2:5).  We are not told how the city was perpetuated following their brutal depopulation reported here, but the fact of their survival is evident.  Perhaps, a large number of them escaped.