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1 Chronicles 10:3
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The battle went hard against Saul - the archers found him and wounded him.
1 Chronicles 10:3 Study Resources
1 Chronicles 10:3 Meaning and Commentary
1 Chronicles 31:3
(See Gill on 1 Samuel 31:3)
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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1 Chronicles 10:3 In-Context
1
The Philistines went to war against Israel; the Israelites ran for their lives from the Philistines but fell, slaughtered on Mount Gilboa.
2
The Philistines zeroed in on Saul and his sons and killed his sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malki-Shua.
3
The battle went hard against Saul - the archers found him and wounded him.
4
Saul said to his armor bearer, "Draw your sword and finish me off before these pagan pigs get to me and make a sport of my body." But his armor bearer, restrained by both reverence and fear, wouldn't do it.
5
The armor bearer, panicked because Saul was dead, then killed himself.
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