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Text -- 1 Samuel 31:1-12 (NET)
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The Death of Saul
31:1 Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel . The men of Israel fled from the Philistines and many of them fell dead on Mount Gilboa .
31:2 The Philistines stayed right on the heels of Saul and his sons . They struck down Saul’s sons Jonathan , Abinadab , and Malki-Shua .
31:3 Saul himself was in the thick of the battle ; the archers spotted him and wounded him severely .
31:4 Saul said to his armor bearer , “Draw your sword and stab me with it! Otherwise these uncircumcised people will come , stab me, and torture me.” But his armor bearer refused to do it, because he was very afraid . So Saul took his sword and fell on it.
31:5 When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead , he also fell on his own sword and died with him.
31:6 So Saul , his three sons , his armor bearer , and all his men died together that day .
31:7 When the men of Israel who were in the valley and across the Jordan saw that the men of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead , they abandoned the cities and fled . The Philistines came and occupied them.
31:8 The next day , when the Philistines came to strip loot from the corpses , they discovered Saul and his three sons lying dead on Mount Gilboa .
31:9 They cut off Saul’s head and stripped him of his armor . They sent messengers to announce the news in the temple of their idols and among their people throughout the surrounding land of the Philistines .
31:10 They placed Saul’s armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths and hung his corpse on the city wall of Beth Shan .
31:11 When the residents of Jabesh Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul ,
31:12 all their warriors set out and traveled throughout the night . They took Saul’s corpse and the corpses of his sons from the city wall of Beth Shan and went to Jabesh , where they burned them.
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Philistines |
Saul |
Gilboa |
Jabesh-gilead |
ACHISH |
SAMUEL, BOOKS OF |
Israel |
David |
ESDRAELON, PLAIN OF |
CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF |
Judges, Book of |
Aphek |
Jonathan |
Jezreel |
Jezreel, Valley of |
Dagon's house |
Beth-shean |
BURIAL |
Abinadab |
Trophies |
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NET Notes: 1Sa 31:9 Heb “his”; the referent (Saul) has been specified in the translation for clarity (likewise in the following verse).
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NET Notes: 1Sa 31:10 The Semitic goddess Astarte was associated with love and war in the ancient Near East. See the note on the same term in 7:3.
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