1; Saul, having lost his army, and his sons slain, he and his
armour-bearer kill themselves.
7; The Philistines possess the forsaken towns of the
Israelites.
8; They triumph over the dead carcases.
11; They of Jabesh-gilead recovering the dead bodies by night,
burn them at Jabesh, and mournfully bury their bones.
* the Philistines.
# 28:1,15; 29:1|
* fell down.
# 12:25; 1Ch 10:1-12|
* slain. Heb. wounded. Gilboa.
Eusebius and Jerome place this mountain six miles west from
Bethshan, where was a large place called Gelbus. The natives
still call it Djebel Gilbo.
# 28:4; 2Sa 1:21|
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