Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 31:7

7 Zhù píngyuán nàbiān bìng Yuēdànhé xī de Yǐsèliè rén , jiàn Yǐsèliè jūn bīng taópǎo , Sǎoluó hé tā érzi dōu sǐ le , yĕ jiù qì chéng taópǎo . Fēilìshì rén biàn lái zhù zaì qízhōng .

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 31:7 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 31:7

And which the men of Israel that [were] on the other side of
the valley
The valley of Jezreel; of which (See Gill on Hosea 1:5);

and [they] that [were] on the other side Jordan;
or rather "on that side"; for the phrase will bear to be rendered either way, and so may mean that side of Jordan on which the battle was fought; for as for the other side, or that beyond it, the Israelites there could not be in such fear of the Philistines, nor do we ever read of their inhabiting any cities there; though as the phrase is used of the valley, as well as of the river, it may be rendered "about the valley, [and] about Jordan" ^F7, and so describes such that dwelt near to each of them:

saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead;
that is, had information and intelligence of those facts, for it is not to be supposed they saw them with their eyes:

they forsook, the cities, and fled;
fearing they should be put to the sword, or carried captive:

and the Philistines came and dwelt them;
having nothing more to do than to come and take possession.

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FOOTNOTES:

F7 (Ndryh rbeb-qmeh rbeb) "circa convellem illiam--circa Jordanem", Junius & Tremellius, Picator; so Noldius, p. 295. No. 936.

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 31:7 In-Context

5 Ná bīngqì de rén jiàn Sǎoluó yǐ sǐ , yĕ fú zaì dāo shàng sǐ le .

6 Zhèyàng , Sǎoluó hé tā sān gè érzi , yǔ ná tā bīngqì de rén , yǐjí gēnsuí tāde rén , dōu yītóng sǐwáng .

7 Zhù píngyuán nàbiān bìng Yuēdànhé xī de Yǐsèliè rén , jiàn Yǐsèliè jūn bīng taópǎo , Sǎoluó hé tā érzi dōu sǐ le , yĕ jiù qì chéng taópǎo . Fēilìshì rén biàn lái zhù zaì qízhōng .

8 Cì rì , Fēilìshì rén lái bāo nà beì shā zhī rén de yīfu , kànjian Sǎoluó hé tā sān gè érzi pú dǎo zaì jī lì bō shān ,

9 Jiù gē xià tāde shǒu jí , bāo le tāde jūn zhuāng , dǎfa rén dào ( huò zuò sòng dào ) Fēilìshì dì de sì jìng , bàoxìn yǔ tāmen miào lǐ de ǒuxiàng hé zhòng mín .