1 Samuel 31:8

8 The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.

1 Samuel 31:8 in Other Translations

8 And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa.

8 The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.

8 The next day, when the Philistines went out to strip the dead, they found the bodies of Saul and his three sons on Mount Gilboa.

8 The next day, when the Philistines came to rob the dead, they found Saul and his three sons dead on Mount Gilboa.

8 The next day when the Philistines came to strip the slain, they found Saul and his three sons dead on Mount Gilboa.

1 Samuel 31:8 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 31:8

And it came to pass on the morrow
The day after the battle, which perhaps was fought till night came on:

when the Philistines came to strip the slain;
of their clothes, and take from them whatever was valuable, as their booty:

that they found Saul and his sons fallen in Mount Gilboa;
to which they had betaken themselves, when the battle went against them in the valley; of which see ( 1 Samuel 28:4 ) .

1 Samuel 31:8 In-Context

6 So Saul and his three sons and his armor-bearer and all his men died together that same day.

7 When the Israelites along the valley and those across the Jordan saw that the Israelite army had fled and that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned their towns and fled. And the Philistines came and occupied them.

8 The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.

9 They cut off his head and stripped off his armor, and they sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news in the temple of their idols and among their people.

10 They put his armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths and fastened his body to the wall of Beth Shan.

Cross References

• 1. 2 Samuel 1:20