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Verse	Translation	Text
1Ch 10:1	Strong Concordance	Now the Philistines [06430] fought [03898] against Israel [03478]; and the men [0376] of Israel [03478] fled [05127] from before [06440] the Philistines [06430], and fell down [05307] slain [02491] in mount [02022] Gilboa [01533].
	King James	Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
SAUL'S OVERTHROW AND DEATH. (Ch1 10:1-7) Now the Philistines fought against Israel--The details of this chapter have no relation to the preceding genealogies and seem to be inserted solely to introduce the narrative of David's elevation to the throne of the whole kingdom. The parallel between the books of Samuel and Chronicles commences with this chapter, which relates the issue of the fatal battle of Gilboa almost in the very same words as Sa1 31:1-13.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

SAUL'S OVERTHROW AND DEATH. (Ch1 10:1-7)

Now the Philistines fought against Israel--The details of this chapter have no relation to the preceding genealogies and seem to be inserted solely to introduce the narrative of David's elevation to the throne of the whole kingdom. The parallel between the books of Samuel and Chronicles commences with this chapter, which relates the issue of the fatal battle of Gilboa almost in the very same words as Sa1 31:1-13.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
The present chapter contains two facts not found in Sa1 31:1-13 - the fastening of Saul's head in the temple of Dagon Ch1 10:10, and the burial of his bones, and those of his sons, under an oak Ch1 10:12. Otherwise the narrative differs from Sa1 31:1-13 only by being abbreviated (see especially Ch1 10:6-7, Ch1 10:11-12), and by having some moral reflections attached to it Ch1 10:13-14.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
In 1 Sam this narrative forms the conclusion of Saul's last war with the Philistines. The battle was fought on the plain of Jezreel; and when the Israelites were compelled to retire, they fell back upon Mount Gilboa, but were hard pressed by the Philistines, so that many fell upon the mountain. The Philistines pressed furiously after Saul and his sons, and slew the latter (as to Saul's sons, see on Ch1 8:33); and when the archers came upon Saul he trembled before them (יחל from חוּל), and ordered his armour-bearer to thrust him through. Between המּורים and בּקּשׁת the superfluous אנשׁים is introduced in Samuel, and in the last clause מאד is omitted; and instead of מהמּורים we have the unusual form מן־היּורים (cf. Ch2 35:23). In Saul's request to his armour-bearer that he would thrust him through with the sword, וּדקרני (Sa1 31:4) is omitted in the phrase which gives the reason for his request; and Bertheau thinks it did not originally stand in the text, and has been repeated merely by an oversight, since the only motive for the command, "Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith," was that the Philistines might not insult Saul when alive, and consequently the words, "that they may not thrust me through," cannot express the reason. But that is scarcely a conclusive reason for this belief; for although the Philistines might seek out Saul after he had been slain by his armour-bearer, and dishonour his dead body, yet the anxiety lest they should seek out his corpse to wreak their vengeance upon it could not press so heavily upon him as the fear that they would take vengeance upon him if he fell alive into their hands. It is therefore a more probable supposition that the author of the Chronicle has omitted the word וּדקרני only as not being necessary to the sense of the passage, just as עמּו is omitted at the end of Ch1 10:5. In Ch1 10:6 we have וכל־בּיתו instead of the כּל־אנשׁיו גּם כליו ונשׂא of Samuel, and in Ch1 10:7 ישׂראל אנשׁי is omitted after the words נסוּ כּי (Samuel). From this Bertheau concludes that the author of the Chronicle has designedly avoided speaking of the men of Saul's army or of the Israelites who took part in the battle, because it was not his purpose to describe the whole course of the conflict, but only to narrate the death of Saul and of his sons, in order to point out how the supreme power came to David. Thenius, on the contrary, deduces the variation between the sixth verse of the Chronicles and the corresponding verse in Samuel from "a text which had become illegible." Both are incorrect; for כּל־אנשׁיו are not all the men of war who went with him into the battle (Then.), or all the Israelites who took part in the battle (Berth.), but only all those who were about the king, i.e., the whole of the king's attendants who had followed him to the war. כּל־בּיתו is only another expression for כּל־אנשׁיו, in which the כּליו נשׂא is included. The author of the Chronicle has merely abridged the account, confining himself to a statement of the main points, and has consequently both omitted ישׂראל אנשׁי in Ch1 10:7, because he had already spoken of the flight of the warriors of Israel in Ch1 10:1, and it was here sufficient to mention only the flight and death of Saul and of his sons, and has also shortened the more exact statement as to the inhabitants of that district, "those on the other side of the valley and on the other side of Jordan" (Samuel), into בּאמק אשׁר. In this abridgement also Thenius scents a "defective text." As the inhabitants of the district around Gilboa abandoned their cities, they were taken possession of by the Philistines.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

In 1 Sam this narrative forms the conclusion of Saul's last war with the Philistines. The battle was fought on the plain of Jezreel; and when the Israelites were compelled to retire, they fell back upon Mount Gilboa, but were hard pressed by the Philistines, so that many fell upon the mountain. The Philistines pressed furiously after Saul and his sons, and slew the latter (as to Saul's sons, see on Ch1 8:33); and when the archers came upon Saul he trembled before them (יחל from חוּל), and ordered his armour-bearer to thrust him through. Between המּורים and בּקּשׁת the superfluous אנשׁים is introduced in Samuel, and in the last clause מאד is omitted; and instead of מהמּורים we have the unusual form מן־היּורים (cf. Ch2 35:23). In Saul's request to his armour-bearer that he would thrust him through with the sword, וּדקרני (Sa1 31:4) is omitted in the phrase which gives the reason for his request; and Bertheau thinks it did not originally stand in the text, and has been repeated merely by an oversight, since the only motive for the command, "Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith," was that the Philistines might not insult Saul when alive, and consequently the words, "that they may not thrust me through," cannot express the reason. But that is scarcely a conclusive reason for this belief; for although the Philistines might seek out Saul after he had been slain by his armour-bearer, and dishonour his dead body, yet the anxiety lest they should seek out his corpse to wreak their vengeance upon it could not press so heavily upon him as the fear that they would take vengeance upon him if he fell alive into their hands. It is therefore a more probable supposition that the author of the Chronicle has omitted the word וּדקרני only as not being necessary to the sense of the passage, just as עמּו is omitted at the end of Ch1 10:5. In Ch1 10:6 we have וכל־בּיתו instead of the כּל־אנשׁיו גּם כליו ונשׂא of Samuel, and in Ch1 10:7 ישׂראל אנשׁי is omitted after the words נסוּ כּי (Samuel). From this Bertheau concludes that the author of the Chronicle has designedly avoided speaking of the men of Saul's army or of the Israelites who took part in the battle, because it was not his purpose to describe the whole course of the conflict, but only to narrate the death of Saul and of his sons, in order to point out how the supreme power came to David. Thenius, on the contrary, deduces the variation between the sixth verse of the Chronicles and the corresponding verse in Samuel from "a text which had become illegible." Both are incorrect; for כּל־אנשׁיו are not all the men of war who went with him into the battle (Then.), or all the Israelites who took part in the battle (Berth.), but only all those who were about the king, i.e., the whole of the king's attendants who had followed him to the war. כּל־בּיתו is only another expression for כּל־אנשׁיו, in which the כּליו נשׂא is included. The author of the Chronicle has merely abridged the account, confining himself to a statement of the main points, and has consequently both omitted ישׂראל אנשׁי in Ch1 10:7, because he had already spoken of the flight of the warriors of Israel in Ch1 10:1, and it was here sufficient to mention only the flight and death of Saul and of his sons, and has also shortened the more exact statement as to the inhabitants of that district, "those on the other side of the valley and on the other side of Jordan" (Samuel), into בּאמק אשׁר. In this abridgement also Thenius scents a "defective text." As the inhabitants of the district around Gilboa abandoned their cities, they were taken possession of by the Philistines.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
The men of Israel fled, &c. - Thus princes sin and the people suffer for it. No doubt there was enough in them to deserve it. But that which divine justice had chiefly an eye to, was the sin of Saul. Great men should in an especial manner, take heed of provoking God's wrath. For if they kindle that fire, they know not how many may be consumed by it for their sakes.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
Now the Philistines fought against Israel - The reader will find the same history in almost the same words, in Sa1 31:1-13, to the notes on which he is referred for every thing important in this.

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¹ Now the Philistines [06430] fought [03898] against Israel [03478]: and the men [0582] of Israel [03478] fled [05127] from before [06440] the Philistines [06430], and fell down [05307] slain [02491] in mount [02022] Gilboa [01533].
² And the Philistines [06430] followed hard [01692] upon Saul [07586] and upon his sons [01121]; and the Philistines [06430] slew [05221] Jonathan [03083], and Abinadab [041], and Malchishua [04444], Saul's [07586] sons [01121].
³ And the battle [04421] went sore [03513] against Saul [07586], and the archers [03384] [0582] [07198] hit [04672] him; and he was sore [03966] wounded [02342] of the archers [03384] [0582] [07198].
⁴ Then said [0559] Saul [07586] unto his armourbearer [05375] [03627], Draw [08025] thy sword [02719], and thrust me through [01856] therewith; lest these uncircumcised [06189] come [0935] and thrust me through [01856], and abuse [05953] me. But his armourbearer [05375] [03627] would [014] not; for he was sore [03966] afraid [03372]. Therefore Saul [07586] took [03947] a sword [02719], and fell [05307] upon it.
⁵ And when his armourbearer [05375] [03627] saw [07200] that Saul [07586] was dead [04191], he fell [05307] likewise upon his sword [02719], and died [04191] with him.
⁶ So Saul [07586] died [04191], and his three [07969] sons [01121], and his armourbearer [05375] [03627], and all his men [0582], that same day [03117] together [03162].
⁷ And when the men [0582] of Israel [03478] that were on the other side [05676] of the valley [06010], and they that were on the other side [05676] Jordan [03383], saw [07200] that the men [0582] of Israel [03478] fled [05127], and that Saul [07586] and his sons [01121] were dead [04191], they forsook [05800] the cities [05892], and fled [05127]; and the Philistines [06430] came [0935] and dwelt [03427] in them.
⁸ And it came to pass on the morrow [04283], when the Philistines [06430] came [0935] to strip [06584] the slain [02491], that they found [04672] Saul [07586] and his three [07969] sons [01121] fallen [05307] in mount [02022] Gilboa [01533].
⁹ And they cut off [03772] his head [07218], and stripped off [06584] his armour [03627], and sent [07971] into the land [0776] of the Philistines [06430] round about [05439], to publish [01319] it in the house [01004] of their idols [06091], and among the people [05971].
¹⁰ And they put [07760] his armour [03627] in the house [01004] of Ashtaroth [06252] [01045]: and they fastened [08628] his body [01472] to the wall [02346] of Bethshan [01052].
¹¹ And when the inhabitants [03427] of Jabeshgilead [03003] [01568] heard [08085] of that which the Philistines [06430] had done [06213] to Saul [07586];
¹² All the valiant [02428] men [0376] [0381] arose [06965], and went [03212] all night [03915], and took [03947] the body [01472] of Saul [07586] and the bodies [01472] of his sons [01121] from the wall [02346] of Bethshan [01052], and came [0935] to Jabesh [03003], and burnt [08313] them there.
¹³ And they took [03947] their bones [06106], and buried [06912] them under a tree [0815] at Jabesh [03003], and fasted [06684] seven [07651] days [03117].

¹ Now the Philistines [06430] fought [03898] against Israel [03478]; and the men [0376] of Israel [03478] fled [05127] from before [06440] the Philistines [06430], and fell down [05307] slain [02491] in mount [02022] Gilboa [01533].
² And the Philistines [06430] followed hard [01692] after [0310] Saul [07586], and after [0310] his sons [01121]; and the Philistines [06430] slew [05221] Jonathan [03129], and Abinadab [041], and Malchishua [04444], the sons [01121] of Saul [07586].
³ And the battle [04421] went sore [03513] against Saul [07586], and the archers [03384] [07198] hit [04672] him, and he was wounded [02342] of the archers [03384].
⁴ Then said [0559] Saul [07586] to his armourbearer [05375] [03627], Draw [08025] thy sword [02719], and thrust [01856] me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised [06189] come [0935] and abuse [05953] me. But his armourbearer [05375] [03627] would [014] not; for he was sore [03966] afraid [03372]. So Saul [07586] took [03947] a sword [02719], and fell [05307] upon it.
⁵ And when his armourbearer [05375] [03627] saw [07200] that Saul [07586] was dead [04191], he fell [05307] likewise on the sword [02719], and died [04191].
⁶ So Saul [07586] died [04191], and his three [07969] sons [01121], and all his house [01004] died [04191] together [03162].
⁷ And when all the men [0376] of Israel [03478] that were in the valley [06010] saw [07200] that they fled [05127], and that Saul [07586] and his sons [01121] were dead [04191], then they forsook [05800] their cities [05892], and fled [05127]: and the Philistines [06430] came [0935] and dwelt [03427] in them.

¹³ So Saul [07586] died [04191] for his transgression [04604] which he committed [04603] against the LORD [03068], even against the word [01697] of the LORD [03068], which he kept [08104] not, and also for asking [07592] counsel of one that had a familiar spirit [0178], to enquire [01875] of it;
¹⁴ And enquired [01875] not of the LORD [03068]: therefore he slew [04191] him, and turned [05437] the kingdom [04410] unto David [01732] the son [01121] of Jesse [03448].

¹¹ And when all Jabeshgilead [03003] [01568] heard [08085] all that the Philistines [06430] had done [06213] to Saul [07586],
¹² They arose [06965], all the valiant [02428] men [0376], and took away [05375] the body [01480] of Saul [07586], and the bodies [01480] of his sons [01121], and brought [0935] them to Jabesh [03003], and buried [06912] their bones [06106] under the oak [0424] in Jabesh [03003], and fasted [06684] seven [07651] days [03117].

⁶ So Saul [07586] died [04191], and his three [07969] sons [01121], and all his house [01004] died [04191] together [03162].
⁷ And when all the men [0376] of Israel [03478] that were in the valley [06010] saw [07200] that they fled [05127], and that Saul [07586] and his sons [01121] were dead [04191], then they forsook [05800] their cities [05892], and fled [05127]: and the Philistines [06430] came [0935] and dwelt [03427] in them.

¹² They arose [06965], all the valiant [02428] men [0376], and took away [05375] the body [01480] of Saul [07586], and the bodies [01480] of his sons [01121], and brought [0935] them to Jabesh [03003], and buried [06912] their bones [06106] under the oak [0424] in Jabesh [03003], and fasted [06684] seven [07651] days [03117].

¹⁰ And they put [07760] his armour [03627] in the house [01004] of their gods [0430], and fastened [08628] his head [01538] in the temple [01004] of Dagon [01712].

⁷ And when all the men [0376] of Israel [03478] that were in the valley [06010] saw [07200] that they fled [05127], and that Saul [07586] and his sons [01121] were dead [04191], then they forsook [05800] their cities [05892], and fled [05127]: and the Philistines [06430] came [0935] and dwelt [03427] in them.

⁶ So Saul [07586] died [04191], and his three [07969] sons [01121], and all his house [01004] died [04191] together [03162].

⁵ And when his armourbearer [05375] [03627] saw [07200] that Saul [07586] was dead [04191], he fell [05307] likewise on the sword [02719], and died [04191].

⁴ Then said [0559] Saul [07586] unto his armourbearer [05375] [03627], Draw [08025] thy sword [02719], and thrust me through [01856] therewith; lest these uncircumcised [06189] come [0935] and thrust me through [01856], and abuse [05953] me. But his armourbearer [05375] [03627] would [014] not; for he was sore [03966] afraid [03372]. Therefore Saul [07586] took [03947] a sword [02719], and fell [05307] upon it.

²³ And the archers [03384] shot [03384] at king [04428] Josiah [02977]; and the king [04428] said [0559] to his servants [05650], Have me away [05674]; for I am sore [03966] wounded [02470].

³³ And Ner [05369] begat [03205] Kish [07027], and Kish [07027] begat [03205] Saul [07586], and Saul [07586] begat [03205] Jonathan [03083], and Malchishua [04444], and Abinadab [041], and Eshbaal [0792].