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1 Samuel 31:1-13 open_in_new
Defeat of the Israelites at Mt. Gilboa. Death of Saul
6. And all his men] LXX omits.
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1 Samuel 31:7 open_in_new
The valley] of Jezreel.
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1 Samuel 31:10 open_in_new
The house of Ashtaroth] at Askelon: cp. 2 Samuel 1:20.
Bethshan] between the Gilboa and little Hermon ranges.
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1 Samuel 31:11 open_in_new
They thus showed their gratitude for former kindness: see 1 Samuel 11.
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1 Samuel 31:12 open_in_new
Burnt them] The action of the men of Jabesh was probably due to their fear that the Philistines would remove the bodies.
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1 Samuel 31:13 open_in_new
Under a tree] RV 'under the tamarisk tree.' It was evidently some well-known tree: cp. Genesis 35:4; Judges 4:5.