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Verse 1 Samuel 31:2. _FOLLOWED HARD UPON SAUL AND UPON HIS SONS_]
They, seeing the discomfiture of their troops, were determined to sell
their lives as dear as possible, and therefore maintained the 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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ABINADAB. Called Ishui (1 Samuel 14:49)....
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_Saul's sons_ See 1 Samuel 14:49. There is a tragic pathos in the
simplicity of the account. Cp. 1 Samuel 31:6....
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AND THE PHILISTINES SLEW JONATHAN, AND ABINADAB, &C.— Ish-bosheth
probably either was not in the battle, or escaped by flight. Thus the
prediction of Samuel was fulfilled. But who can forbear to drop...
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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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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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_AND THE PHILISTINES FOLLOWED HARD UPON SAUL AND UPON HIS SONS; AND
THE PHILISTINES SLEW JONATHAN, AND ABINADAB, AND MELCHISHUA, SAUL'S
SONS._
No JFB commentary on this verse....
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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 THE PHILISTINES FOLLOWED HARD UPON SAUL AND UPON HIS SONS. —
“The details of the battle are but seen in broken snatches, as in
the short scene of a battle acted upon the stage, or beheld at remote...
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וַ יַּדְבְּק֣וּ פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים אֶת
־שָׁא֖וּל 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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_Jonathan. Ven. Bede, &c., doubt not of his salvation. (Salien)_...
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(1) В¶ Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of
Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount
Gilboa. (2) And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon...
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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 THE PHILISTINES FOLLOWED HARD UPON SAUL,.... Stuck to him, pushed
him close, bore hard upon him in that part of the army where he was
having a design upon his person:
AND UPON HIS SONS; who were...
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And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the
Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, Saul's sons.
Ver. 2. _And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul._] He...
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_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...
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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 the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons, they
pursued him with great tenacity, they hung closely at his feet, they
strove to overtake him; AND THE PHILISTINES SLEW JONATHAN, AND...
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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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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...
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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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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 31:1. “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 8:33; 1 Chronicles 9:39; 1 Samuel 13:16; 1 Samuel 13:2;...
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Jonathan — David's dear friend; God so ordering it for the farther
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...