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Verse 1 Samuel 31:3. _HE WAS SORE WOUNDED OF THE ARCHERS._] It is
likely that Saul's sons were slain by the archers, and that Saul was
now mortally wounded by the same. Houbigant translates, _The arc...
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HE WAS SORE WOUNDED - Better, “he was sore afraid” (compare
Deuteronomy 2:25). Saul’s fear is explained in 1 Samuel 31:4....
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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 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_...
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AND THE ARCHERS HIT HIM— Houbigant renders this verse thus, _Then
the battle going hard against Saul, the archers rushed upon him, from
whom he received a great wound._ Saul, says he, would hardly hav...
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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 BATTLE WENT SORE AGAINST SAUL, AND THE ARCHERS HIT HIM; AND
HE WAS SORE WOUNDED OF THE ARCHERS._
The battle went sore against Saul ... and he was sore wounded of the
archers. [The Septuagint...
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31:3 terrified (c-19) Or 'wounded.'...
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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 BATTLE WENT SORE AGAINST SAUL. — That is, after the death of
Jonathan and his brothers. The great warrior king no doubt fought like
a lion, but one by one his brave defenders fell in harness b...
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וַ תִּכְבַּ֤ד הַ מִּלְחָמָה֙ אֶל
־שָׁא֔וּל וַ
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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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_Overtook. Hebrew, "attacked, found, or hit him." He was running away.
(Haydock) --- Wounded. Some translate Hebrew, "terrified," as they
believe the words of the Amalecite, "my whole life is in me....
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(3) And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him;
and he was sore wounded of the archers.
Saul's death, and the approach of it, were tremblingly awful. He is
sore wounded; perhaps d...
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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 BATTLE WENT SORE AGAINST SAUL,.... Pressed heavy upon him; he
was the butt of the Philistines, they aimed at his person and life:
AND THE ARCHERS HIT HIM; or "found him" a; the place where wa...
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And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he
was sore wounded of the archers.
Ver. 3. _And he was sore wounded of the archers._] Sulpitius Severus
saith he was so wounded th...
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_The archers hit him_ Hebrews ימצאהו _jim-stauhu, found him._
Houbigant renders it, _rushed upon him._ It seems by this that the
Philistines gained the battle, chiefly by the advantage of their
archer...
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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 battle went sore against Saul, literally, "toward" him, for
the whole weight of the battle turned in his direction, AND THE
ARCHERS HIT HIM, striking him from all sides with arrows; AND HE WAS...
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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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AND THE ARCHERS:
_ Heb._ shooters, men with bows
HIT HIM:
_ Heb._ found him...
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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 31:3 battle H4421 fierce H3513 (H8799) Saul H7586 archers
H3384 (H8688) H582 H7198 hit...
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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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HIT HIM
Compare (2 Samuel 1:10); (2 Samuel 21:12).
The order is:
(1) Saul is "hit" -- wounded mortally, potentially "slain," by the
Philistines;
(2) either to escape agony, or insult by the enemy,...
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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 Kings 22:34; 2 Samuel 1:4; Amos 2:14; Genesis 49:23...