SAUL'S OVERTHROW AND DEATH This chapter is abbreviated from 1 Samuel 31:1, but supplements it by statements that Saul's head was fastened in the temple of Dagon, and by a brief explanation of the causes of his overthrow.... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL HIS HOUSE] This cannot mean 'all his family,' since Ish-bosheth and others of his children survived him (2 Samuel 2:8; 2 Samuel 21:8), but must refer to those of his household who attended him at Gilboa.... [ Continue Reading ]
HIS TRANSGRESSION] The writer refers to what is related in 1 Samuel 13:13; 1 Samuel 15:1; 1 Samuel 28:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
ENQUIRED NOT OF THE LORD] Saul at first enquired of the Lord (1 Samuel 28:6), but on receiving no answer had recourse to the witch of Endor instead of being importunate in his supplications.... [ Continue Reading ]