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 sore wounded of the archers, rather, he was much frightened, for he saw no way of escaping the enemy's superior forces, since the battle had apparently resolved itself into individual combats on the part of Israel.
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...
HE WAS SORE WOUNDED - Better, “he was sore afraid” (compare Deuteronomy 2:25). Saul’s fear is explained in 1 Samuel 31:4....
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
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...
SORE WOUNDED. in sore anguish....
_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_...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
31:3 terrified (c-19) Or 'wounded.'...
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...
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...
וַ תִּכְבַּ֤ד הַ מִּלְחָמָה֙ אֶל ־שָׁא֔וּל וַ
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. Th...
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....
_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....
(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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
AND THE ARCHERS: _ Heb._ shooters, men with bows HIT HIM: _ Heb._ found him...
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...
No text from Poole on this verse....
1 Samuel 31:3 battle H4421 fierce H3513 (H8799) Saul H7586 archers H3384 (H8688) H582 H7198 hit...
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...
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...
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,...
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. ⇐
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)....
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 Kings 22:34; 2 Samuel 1:4; Amos 2:14; Genesis 49:23...