1 Samuel 31:8

8 And on the morrow the Philistines came to strip the slain, and they found Saul and his three sons lying in mount Gelboe.

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 died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men that same day together.

7 And the men of Israel, that were beyond the valley, and beyond the Jordan, seeing that the Israelites were fled, and that Saul was dead, and his sons, forsook their cities, and fled: and the Philistines came and dwelt there.

8 And on the morrow the Philistines came to strip the slain, and they found Saul and his three sons lying in mount Gelboe.

9 And they cut off Saul’s head, and stripped him of his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to publish it in the temples of their idols and among their people.

10 And they put his armour in the temple of Astaroth, but his body they hung on the wall of Bethsan.