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Verse 1 Samuel 31:6. _AND ALL HIS MEN_] Probably meaning those of his
troops which were his _life_ or _body guards_: as to the bulk of the
army, it fled at the commencement of the battle, 1 Samuel 31:...
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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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SO SAUL DIED. Compare 1 Chronicles 10:13; 1 Chronicles 10:14. Here,
history from human standpoint; in Chronicles, God's standpoint, and
reasons of the history. See notes on 1 Chronicles 10:13, and
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_and all his men_ The Sept. (B) omits these words. 1 Chronicles 10:6
reads "all his house." Probably the soldiers of the royal body guard
are meant, who fell fighting round him like Harold's _hus-carl...
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SO SAUL DIED— Josephus runs out into high encomiums upon Saul, who,
knowing that he was to die, thus gallantly exposed himself for his
country. But, in truth, there is not the least room for panegyric...
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Saul's Last Battle, 1 Samuel 31:1-13.
_Saul's Death._ 1 Samuel 31:1-6
Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled
from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount G...
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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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_SO SAUL DIED, AND HIS THREE SONS, AND HIS ARMOURBEARER, AND ALL HIS
MEN, THAT SAME DAY TOGETHER._
So Saul died, and his three sons. Thus ended the troubled reign of
Saul, who was elected to be the f...
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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 ALL HIS MEN. — We must not interpret this statement quite
literally; 1 Chronicles 10:6 explains it by “all his house.”
Ishbosheth, his son, for instance, and Abner, the captain of the host,
we kno...
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וַ יָּ֣מָת שָׁא֡וּל וּ שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת
בָּנָיו֩ וְ
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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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_His men. 1 Paralipomenon x. 6., his house fell together. The hopes of
his family were at an end, (Haydock) though Isboseth, Abner, and some
few survived him, (Menochius) who had fled, (Calmet) or had...
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(6) So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all
his men, that same day together. (7) And when the men of Israel that
were on the other side of the valley, and they that were on the...
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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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SO SAUL DIED, AND HIS THREE SONS, AND HIS ARMOURBEARER,.... Only with
this difference, his three sons died honourably in the field of
battle, but he and his armourbearer destroyed themselves. Josephus...
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So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his
men, that same day together.
Ver. 6. _And all his men, that same day together,_] _i.e., _ His
household servants, his bodyguard, al...
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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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So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armor-bearer, and all his
men, those of his immediate neighborhood, his body-guard, THAT SAME
DAY TOGETHER. That was the end of the man who had once had the S...
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DEATH OF SAUL AND HIS SONS...
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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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1-7 We cannot judge of the spiritual or eternal state of any by the
manner of their death; for in that, there is one event to the
righteous and to the wicked. Saul, when sorely wounded, and unable to...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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1 Samuel 31:6 Saul H7586 three H7969 sons H1121 armorbearer H5375
(H8802) H3627 men H582 died H4191 ...
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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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THE DEATH OF SAUL AND JONATHAN ON MOUNT GILBOA (1 SAMUEL 31:1).
It is noteworthy that in the description of the battle the emphasis is
not on the defeat of Israel, even though that is briefly describe...
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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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_So Saul died and his three sons._
DEATH OF SAUL AND JONATHAN
There is a proverb of the ancients, “Whom the gods wish to destroy
they first make mad.” Or, to express the same idea in the language
of...
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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 31:1. “IN MOUNT GILBOA.” Most likely the actual battle
took place on the plain, and the Israelites sought refuge on the
mountain.
1 Samuel 31:3. “SORE WOUNDED....
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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 10:6; 1 Samuel 11:15; 1 Samuel 12:17; 1 Samuel 12:25;...