1 Samuel 31:3 KJV — MannaFest

And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers.

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ASV

And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers overtook him; and he was greatly distressed by reason of the archers.

WEB

When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers overtook him and wounded him critically.

YLT

And the battle is hard against Saul, and the archers find him--men with bow--and he is pained greatly by the archers;

DBT

And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers came up with him; and he was much terrified by the archers.

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1 Samuel — The transition from judges to monarchy. Samuel rises as prophet-judge; Israel demands a king; Saul rises and is rejected; David is anointed in obscurity and flees across the wilderness. Three lives overlapping — the prophetic-judicial-royal handoff.

Author: Traditionally Samuel (with additions after his death by Nathan and Gad — cf. 1 Chr 29:29)
Date: Events c. 1050–1010 BC; compilation during the early monarchy

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Psalms 7:16
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
2 Samuel 1:6
And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him.
Psalms 64:8
So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.
1 Chronicles 10:3
And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him, and he was wounded of the archers.
Psalms 21:8
Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.

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20, 21 ), especially those who, despairing of the mercy of god, like Judas, leap into a hell before them, to escape a hell within them. When he could not obtain that favour he became his own executioner, thinking hereby to avoid shame, but running upon a heinous sin, and with it entailing upon his own name a mark of perpetual infamy, as felo de se--a self-murderer.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

the battle went sore against Saul, &c.--He seems to have bravely maintained his ground for some time longer; but exhausted with fatigue and loss of blood, and dreading that if he fell alive into the enemy's hands, they would insolently maltreat him (Jos 8:29;

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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