1 Samuel 31:1-13
DEFEAT OF THE ISRAELITES AT MT. GILBOA. DEATH OF SAUL 6. And all his men] LXX omits.... [ Continue Reading ]
DEFEAT OF THE ISRAELITES AT MT. GILBOA. DEATH OF SAUL 6. And all his men] LXX omits.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE VALLEY] of Jezreel.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE HOUSE OF ASHTAROTH] at Askelon: cp. 2 Samuel 1:20. BETHSHAN] between the Gilboa and little Hermon ranges.... [ Continue Reading ]
They thus showed their gratitude for former kindness: see 1 Samuel 11.... [ Continue Reading ]
BURNT THEM] The action of the men of Jabesh was probably due to their fear that the Philistines would remove the bodies.... [ Continue Reading ]
UNDER A TREE] RV 'under the tamarisk tree.' It was evidently some well-known tree: cp. Genesis 35:4; Judges 4:5.... [ Continue Reading ]