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10:1 Now the Philistines <06430> fought <03898> against Israel <03478>. The Israelites <03478> <0376> fled <05127> before <06440> the Philistines <06430> and many of them fell <05307> dead <02491> on Mount <02022> Gilboa <01533>. 10:2 The Philistines <06430> stayed <01692> right <0310> on the heels of Saul <07586> and his sons <01121>. They struck down <05221> Saul’s <07586> sons <01121> Jonathan <03129>, Abinadab <041>, and Malki-Shua <04444>. 10:3 The battle <04421> was thick <03513> around <05921> Saul <07586>; the archers <07198> <03384> spotted <04672> him and wounded <02342> him. 10:4 Saul <07586> told <0559> his armor <03627> bearer <05375>, “Draw <08025> your sword <02719> and stab <01856> me with it. Otherwise <06435> these <0428> uncircumcised people <06189> will come <0935> and torture <05953> me.” But his armor <03627> bearer <05375> refused <014> <03808> to do it, because <03588> he was very <03966> afraid <03372>. So Saul <07586> took <03947> the sword <02719> and fell <05307> on <05921> it. 10:5 When his armor <03627> bearer <05375> saw <07200> that <03588> Saul <07586> was dead <04191>, he <01931> also <01571> fell <05307> on <05921> his sword <02719> and died <04191>. 10:6 So Saul <07586> and his three <07969> sons <01121> died <04191>; his whole <03605> household <01004> died <04191> together <03162>. 10:7 When all <03605> the Israelites <03478> who <0834> were in the valley <06010> saw <07200> that <03588> the army had fled <05127> and that <03588> Saul <07586> and his sons <01121> were dead <04191>, they abandoned <05800> their cities <05892> and fled <05127>. The Philistines <06430> came <0935> and occupied <03427> them. 10:8 The next day <04283>, when the Philistines <06430> came <0935> to strip <06584> loot from the corpses <02491>, they discovered <04672> Saul <07586> and his sons <01121> lying dead <05307> on Mount <02022> Gilboa <01533>. 10:9 They stripped <06584> his corpse, and then carried off <05375> his head <07218> and his armor <03627>. They sent <07971> messengers throughout <05439> the land <0776> of the Philistines <06430> proclaiming the news <01319> to their idols <06091> and their people <05971>. 10:10 They placed <07760> his armor <03627> in the temple <01004> of their gods <0430> and hung his head <01538> in the temple <01004> of Dagon <01712>. 10:11 When all <03605> the residents of Jabesh Gilead <01568> <03003> heard <08085> about everything <03605> the Philistines <06430> had done <06213> to Saul <07586>, 10:12 all <03605> the warriors <02428> went <06965> and recovered <05375> the bodies <01480> of Saul <07586> and his sons <01121> and brought <0935> them to Jabesh <03003>. They buried <06912> their remains <06106> under <08478> the oak tree <0424> in Jabesh <03003> and fasted <06684> for seven <07651> days <03117>.

• 1Ch 10:1-14 -- Saul's Death

• Saul

  [isbe] SAUL - sol (sha'ul; Saoul): (1) The first king of Israel. I. EARLY HISTORY 1. Name and Meaning 2. Genealogy 3. Home and Station 4. Sources for Life 5. Election as King 6. Reasons for It II. REIGN AND FALL 1. His First Action...
  [smith] (desired), more accurately Shaul. One of the early kings of Edom, and successor of Samlah. (Genesis 36:37,38; 1 Chronicles 1:48) (B.C. after 1450.) The first king of Israel, the son of Kish, and of the tribe of Benjamin. ...
  [nave] SAUL 1. Called also Shaul. King of Edom, Gen. 36:37, 38; 1 Chr. 1:48, 49. 2. King of Israel. A Benjamite, son of Kish, 1 Sam. 9:1, 2. Sons of, 1 Chr. 8:33. His personal appearance, 1 Sam. 9:2; 10:23. Made king of Israel,...
  

• CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF

  [isbe] CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF - kron'-i-k'-ls (dibhere ha-yamim, "The Words of the Days"; Septuagint paraleipomenon: 1. The Name 2. The Position of Chronicles in the Old Testament 3. Two Books, or One? 4. The Contents 5. Sources Bibl...
  

• Gilboa

  [ebd] boiling spring, a mountain range, now Jebel Fukua', memorable as the scene of Saul's disastrous defeat by the Philistines. Here also his three sons were slain, and he himself died by his own hand (1 Sam. 28:4; 31:1-8; 2 Sam....
  [smith] (a bubbling spring) a mountain range on the eastern side of the plain of Esdraelon, rising over the city of Jezreel. Comp. (1 Samuel 28:4) with 1Sam 29:1 It is mentioned in Scripture only in connection with one event in Is...
  [nave] GILBOA, a hill S. of Jezreel, where Saul was defeated by the Philistines, and died, 1 Sam. 28:4; 31:1-8; 1 Chr. 10:1-8.
  

• Dagon

  [isbe] DAGON - da'-gon (daghon; apparently derived from dagh, "fish"): Name of the god of the Philistines (according to Jerome on Isa 46:1 of the Philistines generally); in the Bible, Dagon is associated with Gaza (Jdg 16) but else...
  [smith] (a fish), apparently the masculine, (1 Samuel 5:3,4) correlative of Atargatis, was the national god of the Philistines. The most famous temples of Dagon were at Gaza, (Judges 16:21-30) and Ashdod. (1 Samuel 5:5,6; 1 ...
  [nave] DAGON An idol of the Philistines, Judg. 16:23; 1 Sam. 5. Temple of, 1 Chr. 10:10.
  

• Philistines

  [smith] (immigrants), The origin of the Philistines is nowhere expressly stated in the Bible; but as the prophets describe them as "the Philistines-from Caphtor," (Amos 9:7) and "the remnant of the maritime district of Caphtor" (Jere...
  [nave] PHILISTINES Descendants of Mizraim, Gen. 10:14; 1 Chr. 1:12; Jer. 47:4; Amos 9:7. Called Cherethites, 1 Sam. 30:14-16; Ezek. 25:16; Zeph. 2:5; Casluhim, Gen. 10:14; 1 Chr. 1:12; Caphtorim, Jer. 47:4; Amos 9:7. Territory of...
  

• Temple

  [nave] TEMPLE. Solomon's Called also Temple of the Lord, 2 Kin. 11:10; Holy Temple, Psa. 79:1; Holy House, 1 Chr. 29:3; House of God, 1 Chr. 29:2; 2 Chr. 23:9; House of the Lord, 2 Chr. 23:5, 12; Jer. 28:5; Father's House, John 2...
  

• Jabesh-gilead

  [nave] JABESH-GILEAD A city E. of the Jordan, Judg. 21:8-15. Besieged by the Ammonites, 1 Sam. 11:1-11. Saul and his sons buried at, 1 Sam. 31:11-13; 1 Chr. 10:11, 12; 2 Sam. 2:4. Bones of Saul and his son removed from, by David...
  

• GILBOA, MOUNT

  [isbe] GILBOA, MOUNT - gil-bo'-a (~har hagilboa], "Mount of the Gilboa"): Unless we should read "Gilboa" for "Gilead" in Jdg 7:3 (see GILEAD, 2) this mountain is mentioned in Scripture only in connection with the last conflict of S...
  

• CORPSE

  [isbe] CORPSE - korps: This word in the King James Version is the translations of two Hebrew words, pegher, and gewiyah, while nebhelah, and guphah, which mean the same, are translated "body," with which the English word "corpse" (...
  

• Suicide

  [nave] SUICIDE, Amos 9:2; Rev. 9:6. Temptation to, of Jesus, Matt. 4:5, 6; Luke 4:9, 10, 11. Of the Philippian jailer, Acts 16:27. See: Death, Desired. See: Homicide. Instances of Samson, Judg. 16:29, 30. Saul and his armor...
  

• Archery

  [nave] ARCHERY Practiced by Ishmael, Gen. 21:20; Esau, Gen. 27:3; Jonathan, 1 Sam. 20:20, 36, 37; sons of Ulam, 1 Chr. 8:40; Philistines, 1 Sam. 31:1-3; 1 Chr. 10:3; Persians, Isa. 13:17, 18; people of Kedar, Isa. 21:17; Syrians, 1...
  

• Fasting

  [nave] FASTING Observed on occasions of public calamities, 2 Sam. 1:12; afflictions, Psa. 35:13; Dan. 6:18; private afflictions, 2 Sam. 12:16; approaching danger, Esth. 4:16; ordination of ministers, Acts 13:3; 14:23. Accompanied ...
  

• Melchishua

  [nave] MELCHISHUA, called also Malchishua. Son of king Saul, 1 Sam. 14:49; 31:2; 1 Chr. 8:33; 9:39; 10:2.
  

• AZMAVETH

  [smith] (strong unto death). One of David?s mighty men, a native of Bahurim, (2 Samuel 23:31; 1 Chronicles 11:33) and therefore probably a Benjamite. (B.C. 1060). A descendant of Mephibosheth, or Merib-baal. (1 Chronicles 8...
  

• Jonathan

  [nave] JONATHAN 1. A Levite of Bethlehem, who becomes a priest for Micah; accepts idolatry; joins the Danites, Judg. 17:7-13; 18:1-30. 2. Son of Saul, 1 Sam. 14:49. Victory of, over the Philistine garrison of Geba, 1 Sam. 13:3, 4...
  

• MALCHI-SHUA

  [isbe] MALCHI-SHUA - mal-ki-shoo'-a (malkishua`, "my king saves"): One of the sons of Saul (1 Sam 14:49; 31:2, the King James Version "Melchishua"; 1 Ch 8:33; 9:39). He was slain by the Philistines with his brothers at the battle o...
  

• BODY

  [isbe] BODY - bod'-i: I. PHILOLOGICAL: Generally speaking, the Old Testament language employs no fixed term for the human body as an entire organism in exact opposition to "soul" or "spirit." Various terms were employed, each of wh...
  

• Dagon's house

  [ebd] (1 Sam. 5:2), or Beth-dagon, as elsewhere rendered (Josh.15: 41; 19:27), was the sanctuary or temple of Dagon. The Beth-dagon of Josh. 15:41 was one of the cities of the tribe of Judah, in the lowland or plain which stretche...
  

• Archer

  [ebd] a shooter with the bow (1 Chr. 10:3). This art was of high antiquity (Gen. 21:20; 27:3). Saul was wounded by the Philistine archers (1 Sam. 31:3). The phrase "breaking the bow" (Hos. 1:5; Jer. 49:35) is equivalent to taking ...
  

• DAVID

  [isbe] DAVID - da'-vid (dawidh, or dawidh, "beloved"; Daueid, also in New Testament, Dauid, Dabid; see Thayer's Lexicon): I. NAME AND GENEALOGY II. EARLY YEARS 1. Shepherd 2. Slinger 3. Harpist 4. Poet 5. Psalmist 6. Tribesman III....
  

• The Death of Saul

  

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