1 Samuel 31:8
in 1 Samuel 31The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa.
KJV
And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa.
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This verse in 1 Samuel 31
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThere was also a special providence of God, in taking away Jonathan, (who of all Saul's sons, seems to have been the fairest for the crown) for preventing divisions, which might have happened amongst the people concerning the successor: David's way to the crown being by this means made the more clear.
This site's exposition
came to strip the slain
on 1 Samuel 31:8-10
The Philistines strip Saul as David once stripped Goliath, and cut off his head as David cut off the head of Gath's own champion; the roles have reversed since chapter seventeen, and the head that once stood higher than any man in Israel is carried through Philistine territory as a trophy. Samuel's own text says only the house of their idols; Chronicles names it plainly, that they fastened his head in the temple of Dagon, the same god who had fallen on his face before the ark at Ashdod and now receives Israel's anointed in triumph. The armour goes to the house of Ashtaroth and the body to the wall of Beth-shan, and the cry raised at Shiloh, the glory is departed, reaches its full picture here in a king hung up for a god that could not stand on its own threshold.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
They intended it, in general, for a reproach to Israel, who promised themselves that a crowned and an anointed head would save them from the Philistines, and a particular reproach to Saul, who was taller by the head than other men (which perhaps he was wont to boast of), but was now shorter by the head.
And it came to pass on the morrow,.... The day after the battle, which perhaps was fought till night came on: when the Philistines came to strip the slain; of their clothes, and take from them whatever was valuable, as their booty: that they found Saul and his sons fallen in Mount Gilboa; to which they had betaken themselves, when the battle went against them in the valley; of which see 1Sa 28:4.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
On the morrow - It is very likely that the battle and pursuit continued till the night, so that there was no time till the next day to strip and plunder the slain.
The words behind it
16 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַֽיְהִי֙ | vayhi | and it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| מִֽמָּחֳרָ֔ת | mimochorat | from [the] next day | H4283 → | 32 times |
| וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ | vaiyavou | and they came | H935 → | 2568 times |
| פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים | felishtim | [the] Philistines | H6430 → | 287 times |
| לְפַשֵּׁ֖ט | lefashet | to strip | H6584 → | 43 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַחֲלָלִ֑ים | hachalalim | the [ones] slain | H2491 → | 94 times |
| וַֽיִּמְצְא֤וּ | vaiyimtzeu | and they found | H4672 → | 455 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שָׁאוּל֙ | shaul | Saul | H7586 → | 402 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת | sheloshet | [the] three | H7969 → | 432 times |
| בָּנָ֔יו | banav | sons his | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| נֹפְלִ֖ים | nofelim | fallen | H5307 → | 435 times |
| בְּהַ֥ר | behar | on [the] mountain of | H2022 → | 546 times |
| הַגִּלְבֹּֽעַ׃ | hagilboa' | <the> Gilboa | H1533 → | 8 times |
וַֽיְהִי֙and it was
vayhiH1961 →3559 times
מִֽמָּחֳרָ֔תfrom [the] next day
mimochoratH4283 →32 times
וַיָּבֹ֣אוּand they came
vaiyavouH935 →2568 times
פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים[the] Philistines
felishtimH6430 →287 times
לְפַשֵּׁ֖טto strip
lefashetH6584 →43 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַחֲלָלִ֑יםthe [ones] slain
hachalalimH2491 →94 times
וַֽיִּמְצְא֤וּand they found
vaiyimtzeuH4672 →455 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
שָׁאוּל֙Saul
shaulH7586 →402 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת[the] three
sheloshetH7969 →432 times
בָּנָ֔יוsons his
banavH1121 →4930 times
נֹפְלִ֖יםfallen
nofelimH5307 →435 times
בְּהַ֥רon [the] mountain of
beharH2022 →546 times
הַגִּלְבֹּֽעַ׃<the> Gilboa
hagilboa'H1533 →8 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
7 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
2 Chronicles 20:25Then Jehoshaphat and his people went to carry off the plunder, and they found on the bodies an abundance of goods and valuables—more than they could carry away. They were gathering the plunder for…
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 30:19–20
Nothing was missing, young or old, son or daughter, or any of the plunder the Amalekites had taken. David brought everything back.
- Numbers 31:15
“Have you spared all the women?” he asked them.
- 2 Kings 7:9–16
Finally, they said to one another, “We are not doing what is right. Today is a day of good news. If we are silent and wait until morning light, our sin will overtake us.…
- Psalms 68:12
“Kings and their armies flee in haste; she who waits at home divides the plunder.
- Proverbs 3:15
She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire compares with her.
- 1 Samuel 30:19–20
Through
1 Chronicles 10:8The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 20:25
Then Jehoshaphat and his people went to carry off the plunder, and they found on the bodies an abundance of goods and valuables—more than they could carry away. They were gathering the plunder for…
- 2 Kings 3:23
“This is blood!” they exclaimed. “The kings have clashed swords and slaughtered one another. Now to the plunder, Moab!”
- 2 Chronicles 20:25
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.