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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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator reports the Philistine army arriving at Mount Gilboa on the day after the battle to loot the fallen soldiers.
The words — The Hebrew term מִמָּחֳרָת (mimmachorat) literally means "from the next day," fixing the timeline before the text notes they found Saul and his three sons fallen on the mountain.
The thread — This discovery matches the parallel record in 1 Chronicles 10:8, which repeats the exact location and timing of the royal bodies.
Why it lands — The text states the Philistines located the dead king and his sons to strip them, establishing the factual basis for the subsequent desecration described in 1 Samuel 31:9.
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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 three sons fallen in mount Gilboa.
Cross-references
- 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.
- 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.