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Saul’s Death
10:1 Now the Philistines fought against Israel . The Israelites fled before the Philistines and many of them fell dead on Mount Gilboa . 10:2 The Philistines stayed right on the heels of Saul and his sons . They struck down Saul’s sons Jonathan , Abinadab , and Malki-Shua . 10:3 The battle was thick around Saul ; the archers spotted him and wounded him. 10:4 Saul told his armor bearer , “Draw your sword and stab me with it. Otherwise these uncircumcised people will come and torture me.” But his armor bearer refused to do it, because he was very afraid . So Saul took the sword and fell on it. 10:5 When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead , he also fell on his sword and died . 10:6 So Saul and his three sons died ; his whole household died together . 10:7 When all the Israelites who were in the valley saw that the army had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead , they abandoned their cities and fled . The Philistines came and occupied them. 10:8 The next day , when the Philistines came to strip loot from the corpses , they discovered Saul and his sons lying dead on Mount Gilboa .

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  • 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...
    [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,...

  • 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.

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • Melchishua

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

  • Philistines

    [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...

  • 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...

  • Abinadab

    [ebd] father of nobleness; i.e., "noble." (1.) A Levite of Kirjath-jearim, in whose house the ark of the covenant was deposited after having been brought back from the land of the Philistines (1 Sam. 7:1). It remained there twenty...

  • 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...

  • 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 ...

  • 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...

  • 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...

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