And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers.
Ver. 3. And he was sore wounded of the archers.] Sulpitius Severus saith he was so wounded that he fell from his horse. a But this he addeth of his own; for neither in the Scriptures nor yet in Josephus read we any such thing.
a Saul equo delapsus. - Sac. Hist., lib. i.