1 Samuel 31:3-6

31:3

thick <03513> [went sore.]

archers spotted <04672 03384> [archers hit him. Heb. shooters, men with bows, found him.]

31:4

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.

31:5

31:6

1 Samuel 31:2

31:2

heels <01692> [followed.]

Jonathan <03083> [Jonathan.]

Saul ........ Saul's sons <07586 01121> [Saul's sons.]

1 Samuel 1:4-10

1:4

sacrifice <02076> [offered.]

1:5

double portion <0259 0639 04490> [a worthy portion. or, a double portion.]

The Hebrew phrase, {manah achath appayim,} is correctly rendered by Gesenius, {ein Stud fur zwei personen, doppelle Portion,} "a portion for two persons, a double portion;" for {aph} in Hebrew, and [prosopon] in Greek, which literally mean a face, are used for a person.

loved <0157> [he loved.]

not enabled ... to have children <05462> [shut up.]

1:6

rival <06869> [adversary.]

upset ...... worry <03707 03708> [provoked her. Heb. angered her.]

1:7

year ... year <08141> [year.]

Whenever ... went up <01767 05927> [when she. or, from the time that she. Heb. from her going up.]

1:8

weep <01058> [why weepest.]

better <02896> [am not.]

1:9

1:10

very upset <05315 04751> [in bitterness of soul. Heb. bitter of soul.]

prayed <06419> [prayed.]

weeping uncontrollably <01058> [wept sore.]

Amos 2:14

2:14

Fast runners <04498> [the flight.]

lives <05315> [himself. Heb. his soul, or life.]