the battle went sore against Saul Cp. 1 Kings 22:31 ff. The Vulg. has a striking paraphrase: "the whole weight of the battle was directed against Saul," (totumque pondus praelii versum est in Saul).

he was sore wounded So the Sept. and Vulg. But the Heb. may also be rendered, "and he was sore afraid." Despair and the fear of insult paralysed his courage. For "of the archers" the Sept. reads "in the abdomen," but the Heb. text is preferable.

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