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Verse 1 Samuel 31:9. _AND THEY CUT OFF HIS HEAD_] It is possible that
they cut off the heads of his three sons likewise; for although only
_his_ _head_ is said to be cut off, and _his body_ only to b...
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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 bu
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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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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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_Saul's Burial._ 1 Samuel 31:7-13
7 And when the men of Israel that _were_ on the other side of the
valley, and _they_ that _were_ on the other side Jordan, saw that the
men of Israel fled, and that...
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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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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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AND THEY CUT OFF HIS HEAD, AND STRIPPED OFF HIS ARMOUR. — Only
_Saul’s_ head and armour is mentioned here, but on comparing 1
Samuel 31:12, where the bodies of his sons are especially mentioned,
it is...
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וַֽ יִּכְרְתוּ֙ אֶת ־רֹאשֹׁ֔ו וַ
יַּפְשִׁ֖יטוּ...
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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. Th...
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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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And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour, and sent into
the land of the Philistines round about, to (d) publish [it in] the
house of their idols, and among the people.
(d) In token of v...
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_Head, as David had treated that of Goliath, chap. xvii. 54._...
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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 CUT OFF HIS HEAD,.... And fastened it in the temple of Dagon,
1 Chronicles 10:10; perhaps that which was at Ashdod, one of the
principalities of the Philistines, 1 Samuel 5:1;
AND STRIPPED O...
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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.
Ver. 9. _And they cut...
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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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And they cut off his, Saul's, HEAD, AND STRIPPED OFF HIS ARMOR, AND
SENT INTO THE LAND OF THE PHILISTINES ROUND ABOUT, evidently using
these grim trophies to announce their victory, TO PUBLISH IT IN T...
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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...
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THEY CUT OFF HIS HEAD, as the Israelites did by Goliath. TO PUBLISH IT
IN THE HOUSE OF THEIR IDOLS, to give them the glory of this victory....
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1 Samuel 31:9 off H3772 (H8799) head H7218 off H6584 (H8686) armor
H3627 sent H7971 (H8762) throughout...
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SAUL'S BODY IS HUMILIATED AND THE TIDINGS CONCERNING SAUL'S DEATH AND
DEFEAT ARE SPREAD AMONG THE PHILISTINES (1 SAMUEL 31:8).
As Saul had anticipated, the Philistines sought to humiliate what
remaine...
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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 humiliati...
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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.
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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)....
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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 Chronicles 10:10; 1 Chronicles 10:9; 1 Samuel 17:51; 1 Samuel 17:54;...
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Cut off his head — As the Israelites did by Goliath, and fastened it
in the temple of Dagon, 1 Chronicles 10:10. Idols — To give them the
glory of this victory. And by this respect shewn to their pret...