1 Samuel 31:1-5
Philistines ............. Philistines <06430> [the Philistines.]
fell <05307> [fell down.]
dead <02491> [slain. Heb. wounded. Gilboa.]
Eusebius and Jerome place this mountain six miles west from Bethshan, where was a large place called Gelbus. The natives still call it Djebel Gilbo.
heels <01692> [followed.]
Jonathan <03083> [Jonathan.]
Saul ........ Saul's sons <07586 01121> [Saul's sons.]
thick <03513> [went sore.]
archers spotted <04672 03384> [archers hit him. Heb. shooters, men with bows, found him.]
Draw <08025> [Draw.]
uncircumcised people <06189> [uncircumcised.]
bearer ................... torture ...... bearer <05953 05375> [abuse me. or, mock me. he was sore.]
Saul ........................................ Saul <07586> [Saul.]
sword ................................... sword <02719> [a sword.]
{Eth hacherve,} rather, "the sword," i.e., his armour- bearer's, who, according to the Jews, was Doeg; and if so, then Saul and his executioner fell by the same sword with which they massacred the priests of God.
Deuteronomy 28:36
king <03212 04428> [bring thee.]
serve <05647> [there shalt thou.]
The Israelites, who were carried captive by the Assyrians, and many of the Jews in Chaldea, were finally incorporated with the nations among whom they lived, and were given up to their idolatry. It is probable, however, that this refers to Jews being compelled, in Popish countries, to conceal their religion, and profess that of the Romish church.
Hosea 10:3
king ............. king <04428> [We have.]
