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Contrast (2 Chronicles 16:14).
burnt them - Burning was not the usual mode of sepulture among the Hebrews. But in this case from a pious desire to disguise the mutilation of th...
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...
men . Hebrew. 'ish. App-14.
All the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Bethshan, and came to Jabesh, an...
And when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard, &c.— Beth-shan was a city in the tribe of Manasseh, not far from Jordan and the sea of Genne...
All the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Bethshan, and came to Jabesh...
Defeat of the Israelites at Mt. Gilboa. Death of Saul 6. And all his men] LXX omits.
Burnt them ] The action of the men of Jabesh was probably due to their fear that the Philistines would remove the bodies.
And burnt them there . — This “burning the corpse” was never the custom in Israel, and was restricted to criminals convicted of a crime of the deepe...
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...
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....
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...
(11) And when the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead heard of that which the Philistines had done to Saul; (12) All the valiant men arose, and went all nigh...
All the valiant men arose ,.... Of the city of Jabeshgilead, fired with indignation at the Philistines' ill usage of Saul and the bodies of his sons...
The inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead They lived on the other side of Jordan; for the people on this side were fled. All the valiant men arose, and wen...
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...
The Disposal of Saul's Body. B. C. 1055. ...
Burnt their flesh, after the manner.
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...
One Small Victory For Israel ( 1 Samuel 31:11-13 ). It is a mistake to see this as a kind of appended note. In fact the subsection chiasmus demons...
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 31:9 . “And sent.” Hebrew scholars here read sent them, i.e. , the weapons and the head of Saul and pr...
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,...
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 ,...
Burial of Saul at Jabesh-Gilead.
all the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan, under cover of night,...
2 Chronicles 16:14 ; Amos 6:10 ; Jeremiah 34:5
Took the body, &c. — This they did, not only out of a concern, for the honour of Israel, and the crown of Israel, but out of gratitude to Saul,...
12 All the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Bethshan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there.