Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
SAUL HAVING LOST HIS ARMY AT GILBOA, AND HIS SONS BEING SLAIN, HE AND HIS ARMOR-BEARER KILL THEMSELVES. (I Samuel 31:1-7)
Now the Philistines fought against Israel—In a regular engagement, in which the two armies met (I Samuel 28:1-4), the Israelites were forced to give way, being annoyed by the arrows of the enemy, which, destroying them at a distance before they came to close combat, threw them into panic and disorder. Taking advantage of the heights of Mount Gilboa, [the Israelites] attempted to rally, but in vain. Saul and his sons fought like heroes; but the onset of the Philistines being at length mainly directed against the quarter where they were, Jonathan and two brothers, Abinadab or Ishui (I Samuel 14:49) and Melchishua, overpowered by numbers, were killed on the spot.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 1 Samuel 31:1:
1 Samuel 31:1
1 Chronicles 10:1
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