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1 Samuel 31:1 KJV

1 Samuel · chapter 31 · verse 1

Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.1 Samuel 31:1 · King James Version

1 Samuel 31:1 in context

1Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.

2And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Melchishua, Saul’s sons.

3And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers.

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Commentary

The day of recompence has now come, in which Saul must account for the blood of the Amalekites which he had sinfully spared, and that of the priests which he had more sinfully spilt; that of David too, which he would have spilt, must come into the account.

— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-7

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