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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

1 Samuel 31

1 Samuel 31:1

1 SAMUEL CHAPTER 31 The Israelites are smitten by the Philistines: Saul's sons are slain: Saul is wounded: he falleth on his own sword; as doth his armour-bearer, 1 SAMUEL 31:1. The rest flee; and the Philistines possess their towns, and triumph over the dead carcasses, 1 SAMUEL 31:7. They of Jabesh... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Samuel 31:2

THE PHILISTINES SLEW JONATHAN, David's dear friend; God so ordering it for the further exercise of David's faith and patience; and that David might depend upon God alone for his crown, and receive it solely from him, and not from Jonathan; who doubtless, had he lived, would have speedily settled the... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Samuel 31:4

THRUST ME THROUGH, AND ABUSE ME; lest they take me, and put me to some shameful and cruel death. SAUL TOOK A SWORD, and fell upon it, and died of the wound, as it follows.... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Samuel 31:7

OF THE VALLEY, to wit, the valley of Jezreel, where the battle was fought. ON THE OTHER SIDE JORDAN; or rather, on this side Jordan; for these were in the most danger; and the Hebrew preposition is indifferently used for _on this side_, or for beyond.... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Samuel 31:9

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.... [ Continue Reading ]

1 Samuel 31:13

To testify their sorrow for the public loss of Saul, and of the people of God; and to entreat God's favour to prevent the utter extinction of his people. But you must not understand this word of fasting strictly, as if they eat nothing for seven whole days; but in a more large and general sense, as... [ Continue Reading ]

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