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 = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 31:4 SAUL TOOK HIS OWN SWORD AND FELL UPON IT. See note on 2 Sam. 1:6–10 for the claim that Saul was killed by an Amalekite. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 31:7 The OTHER SIDE OF THE VALLEY is the north side of the Jezreel Valley. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 31:10 BETH-SHAN is at the intersection of the north-south road along the Jordan Valley and the road from Gilead to the Jezreel Valley. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 31:11 Saul had saved JABESH-GILEAD at the beginning of his reign (ch. 1 Samuel 11:1), which the men of the city remembered. They cross the Jordan and go about 10 miles (16 km) to Beth-shan. The burning of bodies was usually considered desecration, but here the purpose may h... [ Continue Reading ]