Bible Strands
1 Chronicles 10:8
The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator describes the Philistines arriving on Mount Gilboa the day after the battle to loot the corpses of Saul and his sons.
The words — מִֽ/מָּחֳרָ֔ת (mi./mo.cho.Rat) = from/ [the] next day and לְ/פַשֵּׁ֖ט (le./fa.Shet) = to/ strip.
The thread — The event parallels 1 Samuel 31:8, which records the same discovery of the fallen king, while 2 Kings 3:23 and 2 Chronicles 20:25 echo the broader biblical pattern of armies stripping the fallen for plunder.
Why it lands — The text records the grim aftermath of royal defeat, requiring the reader to acknowledge that human power ends in death and that victory in battle does not guarantee divine favor.
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The Hebrew words
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 sons fallen in mount Gilboa.
Cross-references
- 1 Samuel 31:8 The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
- 2 Kings 3:23 “This is blood!” they exclaimed. “The kings have clashed swords and slaughtered one another. Now to the plunder, Moab!”
- 2 Chronicles 20:25 Then Jehoshaphat and his people went to carry off the plunder, and they found on the bodies an abundance of goods and valuables—more than they could carry away. They were gathering the plunder for three days because there was so much.