1 Chronicles 10:3 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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³And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him, and he was wounded of the archers.

1 Chronicles 10:3 —

Old words in this verse

sore: — greatly, very (as in "sore afraid").

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 31:3-6
And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers. …
Genesis 49:23-24
The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him: …
Amos 2:14
Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:
2 Samuel 1:4-10
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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Commentary

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 th…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 3)

3. the battle went sore against Saul; and the archers hit him, and he was wounded--The Hebrew words may be thus rendered: “The archers found (attacked) him, and he feared the archers.” He was not wounded, at least not dangerously, when he resolved on committing suicide. The deed was the effect of sudden terror and overwhelming depression of spirits [Calmet].