3And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him, and he was wounded of the archers.
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And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers. …
The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him: …
Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:
And David said unto him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tell me. And he answered, That the people are fled from the battle, and many of the people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-7)This account of Saul’s death is the same with that which we had, 1 Sam. 31:1-13 We need not repeat the exposition of it. Only let us observe, 1. Princes sin and the people suffer for it. It was a bad time with Israel when they fled before the Philistines and fell down slain (1 Chron. 10:1), when they quitted their cities, and the Philistines came and dwelt in them , 1 Chron. 10:7. We do not find t…
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