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Geneva Study Bible - 1 Samuel 31:4

31:4 Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, {a} Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.(a) So we see that his cruel life has a desperate end, as is commonly seen in those who persecute the children of God. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 31:1-13

The day has come for Saul to descend into battle and die. The Philistines fight against Israel and find no resistance. We know that Saul was totally demoralized and could only expect that his armies would share the same hopeless fear. Israel fled before the enemy and the Philistines were able to slaughter them indiscriminately. In pursuing Israel (v.2) they killed three of Saul's sons (ch.14:49), as Samuel had foretold (ch.28:19). Ishbosheth was a son not mentioned before. Likely he was a... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 31:1-13

SAUL ’S CAREER ENDED CALAMITY FORETOLD (1 Samuel 28:0 ) This chapter is important and illustrates again the deceptive character of Saul. Having professedly put the necromancers out of Israel in obedience to the divine command (Leviticus 19:31 ; Leviticus 20:27 ; Deuteronomy 18:10-11 ), he no sooner finds himself in straits than he seeks out one of them for his aid. Two questions arise. Did Samuel really come forth from the dead, and was it the woman’s power that brought him forth? To the... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - 1 Samuel 31:1

CONTENTS This is a melancholy Chapter, which relates to us the sequel of Saul's history; the sad termination of a sinful life. The battle between the Philistines, and Israel, in mount Gilboa, in which the Philistines are conquerors, and Saul, Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua, his sons, are slain. - Israel possessed by the Philistines; the camp of Saul plundered, his dead body, and those of his sons, carried away to Beth-shan: but afterwards rescued by the men of Jabesh-gilead. These are the... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - 1 Samuel 31:1-2

(1) ¶ Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa. (2) And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, Saul's sons. David had prophesied, (1 Samuel 26:10 ) that either the Lord should smite Saul; or, his day should come to die; or, he should descend into battle, and perish; and now the day was arrived. The preludes to his... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - 1 Samuel 31:3

(3) And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers. Saul's death, and the approach of it, were tremblingly awful. He is sore wounded; perhaps deadly wounded by the archers; more darts than one, it should seem. read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - 1 Samuel 31:4

(4) Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it. But though death would have soon come from the hands of the Philistines, yet impatient of misery, like a man desperate to plunge into everlasting woe before the time, he becomes his own executioner. Poor wretched, awful character! He is... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - 1 Samuel 31:5

(5) And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him. There is a tradition, that this armour-bearer was Doeg, the Edomite: and that Saul advanced him to this honour, for his killing the priests of the Lord. But this is not certain. The Reader would do well to recollect, what David prophesied concerning this man in Psalms 52:0 . read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - 1 Samuel 31:6-7

(6) So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that same day together. (7) And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were on the other side Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them. See the folly, sin, and ingratitude of Israel, in the rejection of the Lord for their king, as Samuel had pointed out. See 1... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 31:1

Fled. They make but a feeble resistance, as God was not with them. (Haydock) --- The first onset was made by the archers, and Saul's three sons fell, while the king himself was dangerously wounded. (Calmet) --- The death of his sons would increase his anguish. (Menochius) --- He seems not to have told them of the divine decree, as he might deem it irrevocable and unavoidable, so that flight would have been of no service to them. (Haydock) read more

Geneva Study Bible - 1 Samuel 31:4

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 31:1-13

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 31:1-13

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - 1 Samuel 31:1

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - 1 Samuel 31:1-2

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - 1 Samuel 31:3

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - 1 Samuel 31:4

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - 1 Samuel 31:5

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - 1 Samuel 31:6-7

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 31:1

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