1 Chronicles 10:7

7 And when all the men of Israel who [were] in the valley saw that they had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their cities and fled. Then the Philistines came and dwelled in them.

1 Chronicles 10:7 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 31:7

(See Gill on 1 Samuel 31:7)

1 Chronicles 10:7 In-Context

5 When his armor-bearer saw that Saul [was] dead, he also fell upon the sword, and he died.

6 So Saul died. And his three sons and all his house died together.

7 And when all the men of Israel who [were] in the valley saw that they had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their cities and fled. Then the Philistines came and dwelled in them.

8 And it happened [that] on the next day when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.

9 And they stripped him and took his head and his weapons, and they sent [them] throughout the land of the Philistines to bring news to their idols and the nation.

Footnotes

• [a]. That is, the army