2 Samuel 2:4; 2 Samuel 2:5; 2 Samuel 21:12-14; Genesis 35:8; Genesis 50:10
Under a tree - Rather, “Under the tamarisk,” a well-known tree at Jabesh which was standing when this narrative was written. They fasted seven...
And they took their bones, and buried [them] under a tree at Jabesh, and (f) fasted seven days. (f) According to the custom of mourners.
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...
And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days. And fasted seven days - To testify their sincere regret f...
And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and And buried them under a tree at Jabesh. х tachat ( H8478 ) haa'...
Defeat of the Israelites at Mt. Gilboa. Death of Saul 6. And all his men] LXX omits.
Under a tree] RV 'under the tamarisk tree.' It was evidently some well-known tree: cp. Genesis 35:4 ; Judges 4:5 .
A tree in Jabesh. — A tree, that is “the well-known” tamarisk ( êshel ). For Saul’s love for trees see as an instance 1 Samuel 22:6 . The men of J...
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...
REFLECTIONS PAUSE, Reader! once more over the sad view of Saul's history, and as thou hast been called upon to mark his progress in sin, and the rip...
And they took their bones, and buried [them] under a tree at Jabesh ,.... For though they burned the bodies, yet so as to preserve the bones; and th...
And they took their bones, and buried [them] under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days. Ver. 13. And they took their bones. ] Half calcinated....
And fasted seven days To testify their sorrow for the loss of Saul, and of the people of God; and to entreat God's favour to prevent the utter exti...
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. ...
To testify their sorrow for the public loss of Saul, and of the people of God; and to entreat God's favour to prevent the utter extinction of his peo...
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.
And they took their bones, the charred remains after the flesh had burned off, and buried them under a tree, a well-known tamarisk, at Jabesh, and...
Fasted — To testify their sorrow for the loss of Saul, and of the people of God; and to intreat God's favour to prevent the utter extinction of his...
13 And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.