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3 Regum 31:1

Philisthim autem pugnabant adversum Israel; et fugerunt viri Israel ante faciem Philisthim et ceciderunt interfecti in monte Gelboe.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Archery;   Gilboa;   Jezreel;   Thompson Chain Reference - Gilboa, Mount;   Mountains;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Philistines, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Jezreel;   Philistines;   Saul;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - David;   Palestine;   Philistia, philistines;   Saul, king of israel;   War;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Death, Mortality;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Gilboa;   Jezreel, Valley of;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Beth Dagon;   Gilboa;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Achish;   Beth-Shean;   Esdraelon;   Jabesh;   Jonathan;   Lo-Debar;   Philistines, the;   Samuel, Books of;   Saul;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Esdraelon;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Har-Magedon;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Gilboa ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Armageddon;   Gilboa;   Jezreel (2);   Saul;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Esdra-E'lon;   Ga'za;   Philis'tines;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Achish;   Chronicles, Books of;   Esdraelon, Plain of;   Gilboa, Mount;   Ish-Bosheth;   Jabesh-Gilead;   Samuel, Books of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Chronicles, Books of;   Gilboa;   Palestine;  

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
Philisthiim autem pugnabant adversum Israël : et fugerunt viri Israël ante faciem Philisthiim, et ceciderunt interfecti in monte Gelboë.
Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
Philisthiim autem pugnabant adversum Israël: et fugerunt viri Israël ante faciem Philisthiim, et ceciderunt interfecti in monte Gelboë.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the Philistines: 1 Samuel 28:1, 1 Samuel 28:15, 1 Samuel 29:1

fell down: 1 Samuel 12:25, 1 Chronicles 10:1-12

slain: Heb. wounded

Gilboa: Eusebius and Jerome place this mountain six miles west from Bethshan, where was a large place called Gelbus. The natives still call it Djebel Gilbo. 1 Samuel 28:4, 2 Samuel 1:21

Reciprocal: Leviticus 26:17 - ye shall be 1 Samuel 7:13 - against 1 Samuel 28:19 - the Lord 2 Samuel 1:4 - the people 2 Samuel 1:6 - mount 2 Samuel 1:23 - they were 2 Samuel 4:4 - when the tidings 2 Samuel 21:12 - in Gilboa 1 Chronicles 13:2 - left 1 Chronicles 17:8 - have cut off Psalms 44:10 - Thou Psalms 60:1 - scattered Psalms 63:10 - They shall fall Psalms 75:3 - earth Psalms 78:9 - The children Psalms 141:6 - When their judges Proverbs 24:22 - their Hosea 13:11 - General

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now the Philistines fought against Israel,.... Being come to Jezreel where Israel pitched, 1 Samuel 29:1; they fell upon them, began the battle:

and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines; at the first onset, as it should seem:

and fell down slain in Mount Gilboa; which was near, and whither fleeing they were pursued and slain, at least great numbers of them.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XXXI

A battle in Mount Gilboa between Israel and the Philistines; in

which the former are defeated, and Saul's three sons slain,

1, 2.

Saul, being mortally wounded, and afraid to fall alive into the

hands of the Philistines, desires his armour-bearer to despatch

him; which he refusing, Saul falls on his sword, and his

armour-bearer does the same, 3, 6.

The Israelites on the other side of the valley forsake their

cities, and the Philistines come and dwell in them, 7.

The Philistines, finding Saul and his three sons among the

slain, strip them of their armour, which they put in the house

of Ashtaroth, cut of their heads, send the news to all the

houses of their idols, and fasten the bodies of Saul and his

three sons to the walls of Beth-shan, 8-10.

Valiant men of Jabesh-gilead go by night, and take away the

bodies; burn them at Jabesh; bury their bones under a tree;

and fast seven days, 11-13.

NOTES ON CHAP. XXXI

Verse 1 Samuel 31:1. Now the Philistines fought — This is the continuation of the account given in 1 Samuel 29:1-11.

The men of Israel fled — It seems as if they were thrown into confusion at the first onset, and turned their backs upon their enemies.


 
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