1 Samuel 31:6

All his men - This and similar expressions must not be taken too literally (compare 1 Chronicles 10:6). We know that Abner, and Ish-bosheth, and manymore survived the day of Gilboa.

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 31. Battle of Gilboa. Cf. p. 285, and 2 Samuel 1:6-16 *. 1 Samuel 31:1-7 . Israel was routed, Saul's sons slain, and he himself i...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

So Saul died . Compare 1 Chronicles 10:13 ; 1 Chronicles 10:14 . Here, history from human standpoint; in Chronicles, God's standpoint, and reasons...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that same day together. And all his men - Probably meaning those of his troo...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

So Saul died— Josephus runs out into high encomiums upon Saul, who, knowing that he was to die, thus gallantly exposed himself for his country. But...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that same day together. So Saul died, and his three sons. Thus ended...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Defeat of the Israelites at Mt. Gilboa. Death of Saul 6. And all his men] LXX omits.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And all his men. — We must not interpret this statement quite literally; 1 Chronicles 10:6 explains it by “all his house.” Ishbosheth, his son, f...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XXXVI THE DEATH OF SAUL. 1 Samuel 31:1-13 . THE plain of Esdraelon, where the battle between Saul and the Philistines was fought, has...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

One Brave Deed on a Dark Day 1 Samuel 31:1-13 This defeat meant something more than a temporary reverse. It was symptomatic of national decay....
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This closing chapter in the first Book of Samuel is draped in sackcloth and ashes. It gives the account of the end of the career of one of the most d...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(6) So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that same day together. (7) And when the men of Israel that were on the...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer ,.... Only with this difference, his three sons died honourably in the field of battle, but h...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that same day together. Ver. 6. And all his men, that same day together,...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

The day has come for Saul to descend into battle and die. The Philistines fight against Israel and find no resistance. We know that Saul was totally...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Death of Saul. B. C. 1055. 1 Now t...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Death Of Saul And Jonathan On Mount Gilboa ( 1 Samuel 31:1-7 ). It is noteworthy that in the description of the battle the emphasis is not on...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Thorough Defeat Of Israel And The Death Of Saul ( 1 Samuel 31:1 - 2 Samuel 1:27 ). Having initially demonstrated how God's purposes are movin...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 31:1 . “In Mount Gilboa.” Most likely the actual battle took place on the plain, and the Israelites sou...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 31:6 . And all his men; his body guard, brave men who would not survive the fall of their master. But in 1 Chronicles 10:6 it is said,...
The Biblical Illustrator

So Saul died and his three sons. Death of Saul and Jonathan There is a proverb of the ancients, “Whom the gods wish to destroy they first make...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

DEFEAT AND DEATH OF SAUL ( 1 Samuel 31:1-9 .). EXPOSITION SAUL AND HIS SONS SLAIN ( 1 Samuel 31:1-9 ). 1 Samuel 31:1 ,...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Death of Saul and his Sons
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armor-bearer, and all his men, those of his immediate neighborhood, his body-guard, that same day together...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 10:6 ; 1 Samuel 11:15 ; 1 Samuel 12:17 ; 1 Samuel 12:25 ; 1 Samuel 28:19 ; 1 Samuel 4:10 ; 1 Samuel 4:11 ; Ecclesiastes 9:1 ; E...

⁶ So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that same day together.

Related Commentaries of 1 Samuel 31:6

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 31:6