‏ 1 Samuel 31:1-5

the Philistines 1Sam 28:1, 1Sam 28:15, 1Sam 29:1

fell down 1Sam 12:25; 1Chr 10:1-12

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. 1Sam 28:4; 2Sam 1:21

followed 1Sam 14:22; 2Sam 1:6

Jonathan 1Sam 13:2, 1Sam 13:16, 1Sam 14:1-14, 1Sam 14:49, 1Sam 18:1-4, 1Sam 23:17; 1Chr 8:33, 1Chr 9:39

Saul's sons Exod 20:5; 2Kgs 25:7

went sore 2Sam 1:4; Amos 2:14

archers hit him Heb. shooters, men with bows, found him, Gen 49:23; 1Kgs 22:34

Draw Judg 9:54; 1Chr 10:4

uncircumcised 1Sam 14:6, 1Sam 17:26, 1Sam 17:36; 2Sam 1:20; Jer 9:25-26; Ezek 44:7-9

abuse me or, mock me

he was sore 2Sam 1:14

Saul 2Sam 1:9-10, 2Sam 17:23; 1Kgs 16:27

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.

1Chr 10:5

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