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Verse 1 Samuel 31:10. _THEY PUT HIS ARMOUR IN THE HOUSE OF ASHTAROTH_]
As David had done in placing the sword of Goliath in the tabernacle.
We have already seen that it was common for the conquerors t...
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IN THE HOUSE OF ASHTAROTH - This was doubtless the famous temple of
Venus in Askelon mentioned by Herodotus as the most ancient of all her
temples. Hence, the special mention of Askelon 2 Samuel 1:20....
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9. THE DEATH OF SAUL
CHAPTER 31
_ 1. Saul wounded in battle (1 Samuel 31:1)_
2. Saul a suicide (1 Samuel 31:4)
3. The victorious Philistines (1 Samuel 31:7)
4. The bodies recovered and burnt (1 S...
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1 SAMUEL 31. BATTLE OF GILBOA._ Cf._ p. 285, and 2 Samuel 1:6 *.
1 SAMUEL 31:1. Israel was routed, Saul's sons slain, and he himself
in danger of being taken prisoner. To avoid this he fell upon his...
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HIS BODY. This is additional to 1 Chronicles 10:10. and "his head",
there, is additional to 1 Samuel 31:10. The two books and accounts are
independent, supplementary, and complementary by Figure of sp...
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The burial of Saul and his Sons
9. _they cut off his head_ The Anointed of Jehovah fares no better
than the uncircumcised Goliath, now that God has forsaken him.
_to publish it_ TO PUBLISH THE GOOD...
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A DIGEST OF CHAPTER 31
1 Samuel 31:1-6
_Saul's death._ Samuel had told Saul that he would die in battle. This
came to pass as the armies of Israel and Philistia met in battle on
Mt. Gilboa. Saul fel...
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_AND THEY CUT OFF HIS HEAD, AND STRIPPED OFF HIS ARMOUR, AND SENT INTO
THE LAND OF THE PHILISTINES ROUND ABOUT, TO PUBLISH IT IN THE HOUSE OF
THEIR IDOLS, AND AMONG THE PEOPLE._
No JFB commentary on...
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31:10 Ashtaroth; (d-10) Or 'of the Ashtoreths (Astartes).' see Note,
Judges 2:13...
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DEFEAT OF THE ISRAELITES AT MT. GILBOA. DEATH OF SAUL
6. And all his men] LXX omits....
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ISRAEL’S FIRST KING
1 SAMUEL
_HELEN POCOCK_
CHAPTER 31
SAUL AND HIS SONS DIE
V1 The *Philistines fought against the *Israelites on the mountain of
Gilboa. The *Israelites ran away and the *Phil...
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THE HOUSE OF ASHTAROTH. — Literally, _of “the Ashtaroth.”_ The
expression may signify that the pieces of armour belonging to the four
men were divided between the different shrines of Astarte in the l...
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וַ יָּשִׂ֨מוּ֙ אֶת ־כֵּלָ֔יו בֵּ֖ית
עַשְׁתָּרֹ֑ות וְ אֶת ־גְּוִיָּתֹו֙
תָּקְע֔וּ בְּ חֹומַ֖ת בֵּ֥ית שָֽׁן׃...
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CHAPTER XXXVI
_ THE DEATH OF SAUL._
1 Samuel 31:1.
THE plain of Esdraelon, where the battle between Saul and the
Philistines was fought, has been celebrated for many a deadly
encounter, from the ver...
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ONE BRAVE DEED ON A DARK DAY
1 Samuel 31:1
This defeat meant something more than a temporary reverse. It was
symptomatic of national decay. Saul's reign had brought moral
degeneracy to his people. T...
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This closing chapter in the first Book of Samuel is draped in
sackcloth and ashes. It gives the account of the end of the career of
one of the most disastrous failures on record in Biblical history....
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_Astaroth. The like custom was observed by the Hebrew, (chap. xxi. 9,)
and by the Greeks and Romans, (Calmet) to acknowledge that victory was
granted by God. The Philistines insulted Saul's body, and...
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(8) В¶ And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came
to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in
mount Gilboa. (9) And they cut off his head, and stripped off...
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We enter now on a portion of David's history sensibly different from
what we have already had, which closed with the efforts of Jonathan to
restore matters and to attach Saul to him at least openly. J...
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Chapter 31 recounts the solemn death of Saul and of Jonathan also,
closing, with the total discomfiture of Israel, this touching history.
The whole account of Saul and his family, as raised up to with...
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AND THEY PUT HIS ARMOUR IN THE HOUSE OF ASHTAROTH,.... A temple
dedicated to their deities, called by this name; of which
Judges 2:13; Nothing was more common with the Gentiles than to place
in their...
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And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened
his body to the wall of Bethshan.
Ver. 10. _And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth._] That
is, Of Venus, or, as some th...
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_They on the other side Jordan_ Or, rather, _on this side Jordan;_ for
the Hebrew word signifies either side. And there was no occasion for
those beyond Jordan to flee. _Saul and his three sons_ “The...
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1 Saul hauing lost his armie, and his sonnes slaine, he and his armour
bearer kill themselues.
7 The Philistines possesse the forsaken townes of the Israelites.
8 They triumph ouer the dead carkeise...
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Burial of Saul at Jabesh-Gilead....
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The day has come for Saul to descend into battle and die. The
Philistines fight against Israel and find no resistance. We know that
Saul was totally demoralized and could only expect that his armies
w...
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8-13 The Scripture makes no mention what became of the souls of Saul
and his sons, after they were dead; but of their bodies only: secret
things belong not to us. It is of little consequence by what m...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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1 Samuel 31:10 put H7760 (H8799) armor H3627 temple H1004 Ashtoreths
H6252 (H8677) H1045 fastened H8628 (H8804) body H1472 wall H2346 Shan
H1052
they put - 1 Samuel 21:9
Ashtaroth - Judges 2:13
Beth...
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THE THOROUGH DEFEAT OF ISRAEL AND THE DEATH OF SAUL (1 SAMUEL 31:1 -2
SAMUEL 1:27).
Having initially demonstrated how God's purposes are moving forward in
David, the writer now describes the humiliat...
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CONTENTS: Death of Saul and Jonathan.
CHARACTERS: Saul, Jonathan, Abinadab, Melchi-shua.
CONCLUSION: As men live, so will they die. Those are indeed in a
deplorable condition, who, despairing of the...
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1 Samuel 31:6. _And all his men;_ his body guard, brave men who would
not survive the fall of their master. But in 1 Chronicles 10:6 it is
said, all his house died together. They knew that the Philist...
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1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 31:1 The army of Israel is completely
defeated, Saul’s sons are killed, Saul kills himself to avoid
capture, and the Philistines take over the region.
⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = doc...
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CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES—
1 Samuel 31:9. “AND SENT.” Hebrew scholars here read _sent them,
i.e._, the weapons and the head of Saul and probably those of his
sons.
1 Samuel 31:10. “ASHTAROTH.” Th...
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DEFEAT AND DEATH OF SAUL (1 Samuel 31:1.).
EXPOSITION
SAUL AND HIS SONS SLAIN (1 Samuel 31:1).
1 SAMUEL 31:1, 1 SAMUEL 31:2
THE PHILISTINES FOUGHT. Literally it is a participle present, "the
Philis...
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Now the Philistines fought against Israel: the men of Israel fled from
before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa. And the
Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and t...
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1 Samuel 21:9; 2 Samuel 21:12; Joshua 17:11; Judges 1:27; Judges 2:13...