1 Samuel 31
1 Saul, having lost his army, and his sons slain, he and his armour-bearer kill themselves.7 The Philistines possess the forsaken towns of the Israelites.8 They triumph over the dead carcases.11 They of Jabesh-gilead recovering the dead bodies by night, burn them at Jabesh, and mournfully bury their bones. the Philistines.28:1,15; 29:1fell down.12:25; 1Ch 10:1-12slain. Heb. wounded. Gilboa.Eusebius and Jerome place this mountain six miles west from Bethshan, where was a large place called Gelbus. The natives still call it Djebel Gilbo. 28:4; 2Sa 1:21 followed.14:22; 2Sa 1:6Jonathan.13:2,16; 14:1-14,49; 18:1-4; 23:17; 1Ch 8:33; 9:39Saul's sons.Ex 20:5; 2Ki 25:7 went sore.2Sa 1:4; Am 2:14archers hit him. Heb. shooters, men with bows, found him.Ge 49:23; 1Ki 22:34 Draw.Jud 9:54; 1Ch 10:4uncircumcised.14:6; 17:26,36; 2Sa 1:20; Jer 9:25,26; Eze 44:7-9abuse me. or, mock me. he was sore.2Sa 1:14Saul.2Sa 1:9,10; 17:23; 1Ki 16:27a sword.{Eth hacherve,} rather, "the sword," i.e., his armour- bearer's, who, according to the Jews, was Doeg; and if so, then Saul and his executioner fell by the same sword with which they massacred the priests of God. 1Ch 10:5 4:10,11; 11:15; 12:17,25; 28:19; 1Ch 10:6; Ec 9:1,2; Ho 13:10,11 they forsook the cities.13:6; Le 26:32,36; De 28:33; Jud 6:2 to strip.1Ch 10:8; 2Ch 20:25 cut off.4; 17:51,54; 1Ch 10:9,10to publish.Jud 16:23,24; 2Sa 1:20 they put.The Philistines placed the armour of Saul in the temple of Ashtaroth as a trophy of victory, and a testimony of their gratitude, in the same manner as David placed the sword of Goliath in the tabernacle. 21:9Ashtaroth.Jud 2:13Bethshan.Jos 17:11; Jud 1:27; 2Sa 21:12-14 Jabesh-gilead.11:1; 2Sa 2:4of that. or, concerning him, that which, etc. burnt them there.2Ch 16:14; Jer 34:5; Am 6:10 their bones.Ge 35:8; 2Sa 2:4,5; 21:12-14fasted seven.Ge 50:10
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