What does 1 Samuel 31:1 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slaina in mount Gilboa."
CHAPTER XXXI _A battle in Mount Gilboa between Israel and the Philistines; in_ _which the former are defeated, and Saul's three sons slain_, 1, 2. _Saul, being mortally wounded, and afraid to fall...
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 burnt (1 S...
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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1 Samuel 31:1-7. The death of Saul on Mount Gilboa 1. The narrative of this chapter has been inserted by the compiler of Chronicles in his work (1 Chronicles 10:1-12) with only a few verbal variation...
NOW THE PHILISTINES FOUGHT AGAINST ISRAEL— That is, as most interpreters understand it, began to fight against, or attacked, the Israelites. The word נלחמים _nilchamim,_ as Dr. Delaney observes, might...
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...
_NOW THE PHILISTINES FOUGHT AGAINST ISRAEL: AND THE MEN OF ISRAEL FLED FROM BEFORE THE PHILISTINES, AND FELL DOWN SLAIN IN MOUNT GILBOA._ Now the Philistines fought against Israel - in a regular enga...
DEFEAT OF THE ISRAELITES AT MT. GILBOA. DEATH OF SAUL 6. And all his men] LXX omits....
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...
NOW THE PHILISTINES FOUGHT AGAINST ISRAEL. — The narrator here is very abrupt. No doubt a devoted patriot, it was very bitter for him to write the story of the fatal day of Gilboa. Yet there were cert...
וּ פְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים נִלְחָמִ֣ים בְּ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַ יָּנֻ֜סוּ אַנְשֵׁ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ מִ פְּנֵ֣י פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים וַ יִּפְּל֥וּ
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...
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. T...
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....
_Fled. They make but a feeble resistance, as God was not with them. (Haydock) --- The first onset was made by the archers, and Saul's three sons fell, while the king himself was dangerously wounded. ...
CONTENTS This is a melancholy Chapter, which relates to us the sequel of Saul's history; the sad termination of a sinful life. The battle between the Philistines, and Israel, in mount Gilboa, in whic...
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...
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...
NOW THE PHILISTINES FOUGHT AGAINST ISRAEL,.... Being come to Jezreel where Israel pitched, 1 Samuel 29:1; they fell upon them, began the battle: AND THE MEN OF ISRAEL FLED FROM BEFORE THE PHILISTINES...
Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa. Ver. 1. _Now the Philistines fought against Israel._] As they h...
_Now the Philistines fought against Israel_ That is, gave them battle. As they began the quarrel, (1 Samuel 29:1,) so they seem to have begun the fight. It must be observed that the foregoing chapter...
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...
Now, the Philistines, whose armies had been placed in battle array in the Plain of Jezreel, 1 Samuel 29:1, FOUGHT AGAINST ISRAEL; AND THE MEN OF ISRAEL FLED FROM BEFORE THE PHILISTINES, as Saul had be...
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...
SLAIN: Or, wounded...
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...
1 SAMUEL CHAPTER 31 The Israelites are smitten by the Philistines: Saul's sons are slain: Saul is wounded: he falleth on his own sword; as doth his armour-bearer, 1 SAMUEL 31:1. The rest flee; and the...
1 Samuel 31:1 Philistines H6430 fought H3898 (H8737) Israel H3478 men H582 Israel H3478 fled H5127 (H8799) before H6440 Philistines H6430 fell H5307 (H8799) slain H2491 Mount H2022 Gilboa H1533 the P...
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 describ...
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...
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...
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. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = doc...
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...
DEFEAT AND DEATH OF SAUL (1 Samuel 31:1.). EXPOSITION SAUL AND HIS SONS SLAIN (1 Samuel 31:1). 1 SAMUEL 31:1, 1 SAMUEL 31:2 THE PHILISTINES FOUGHT. Literally it is a participle present, "the Philis...
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...
1 Chronicles 10:1; 1 Samuel 12:25; 1 Samuel 28:1; 1 Samuel 28:15; 1 Samuel 28:4; 1 Samuel 29:1; 2 Samuel 1:21...
1 SAMUEL 31 — The report of Saul’s death in this passage contradicts that given in the next chapter (2 Samuel 1) PROBLEM: First Samuel 31 says that King Saul committed suicide by falling on his sword...