1 Samuel 31:8 - Forerunner Commentary

1 Samuel 31:8

6 So Saul, his three sons, his armorbearer, and all his men died together that same day.

7 And when the men of Israel who were on the other side of the valley, and those who were on the other side of the Jordan, saw that the men of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

8 So it happened the next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.

9 And they cut off his head and stripped off his armor, and sent word throughout the land of the Philistines, to ^aproclaim it in the temple of their idols and among the people.

10 ^aThen they put his armor in the temple of the ^bAshtoreths, and ^cthey fastened his body to the wall of ^dBeth Shan.

11 ^aNow when the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,

Verse Comparison: 1 Samuel 31:8

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American Standard Version
And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa.

Amplified® Bible
The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.

Contemporary English Version
The day after the battle, when the Philistines returned to the battlefield to take the weapons of the dead Israelite soldiers, they found Saul and his three sons lying dead on Mount Gilboa.

Darby English Version
And it came to pass the next day, that the Philistines came to strip the slain, and they found Saul and his three sons fallen on mount Gilboa.

Good News Bible
The day after the battle the Philistines went to plunder the corpses, and they found the bodies of Saul and his three sons lying on Mount Gilboa.

King James Version
And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa.

New American Standard Bible
It came about on the next day when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.

New International Version
The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.

New King James Version
So it happened the next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
It came about on the next day when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.

Revised Standard Version
On the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilbo'a.

Young's Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass on the morrow, that the Philistines come to strip the wounded, and they find Saul and his three sons fallen on mount Gilboa,

New English Translation
The next day, when the Philistines came to strip loot from the corpses, they discovered Saul and his three sons lying dead¹ on Mount Gilboa.

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