1 Samuel 21:9; 2 Samuel 21:12-14; Joshua 17:11; Judges 1:27; Judges 2:13
In the house of Ashtaroth - This was doubtless the famous temple of Venus in Askelon mentioned by Herodotus as the most ancient of all her temple...
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...
his body . This is additional to 1 Chronicles 10:10 . and "his head", there, is additional to 1 Samuel 31:10 . The two books and accounts are inde...
And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Bethshan. They put his armor in the house of Ashtaroth -...
And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to publish it in the house of thei...
Defeat of the Israelites at Mt. Gilboa. Death of Saul 6. And all his men] LXX omits.
The house of Ashtaroth ] at Askelon: cp. 2 Samuel 1:20 . Bethshan ] between the Gilboa and little Hermon ranges.
The house of Ashtaroth. — Literally, of “the Ashtaroth.” The expression may signify that the pieces of armour belonging to the four men were divi...
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...
(8) В¶ 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 Gilbo...
And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth ,.... A temple dedicated to their deities, called by this name; of which Judges 2:13 ; Nothing w...
And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Bethshan. Ver. 10. And they put his armour in the hou...
They on the other side Jordan Or, rather, on this side Jordan; for the Hebrew word signifies either side. And there was no occasion for those bey...
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. ...
No text from Poole on this verse.
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...
Saul's Body Is Humiliated And The Tidings Concerning Saul's Death And Defeat Are Spread Among The Philistines ( 1 Samuel 31:8-10 ). As Saul had an...
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.
And they put his armor in the house of Ashtaroth, their chief female goddess, whose largest temple was at Askelon; and they fastened his body to the...
10 And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Bethshan.