1 Samuel 31:6

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6 AsĂ­ muriĂł SaĂșl en aquel dĂ­a, juntamente con sus tres hijos, y su escudero, y todos sus varones.

1 Samuel 31:6 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 31:6

So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer
Only with this difference, his three sons died honourably in the field of battle, but he and his armourbearer destroyed themselves. Josephus says F5 he reigned eighteen years in the life of Samuel, and after his death twenty two years, which make the forty years the apostle ascribes to him, ( Acts 13:21 ) ; Eupolemus F6, an Heathen writer, makes him to reign twenty one years; but of the years of his reign, both before and after the death of Samuel, chronologers are not agreed, see ( 1 Samuel 25:1 ) ; and (See Gill on Acts 13:21);

and all his men that same day together;
not all the soldiers in his army; for many of them fled and escaped, and even Abner the general of the army, but his household servants, or those that were near his person, his bodyguards.


FOOTNOTES:

F5 Antiqu. l. 6. c. 14. sect. 9.
F6 Apud Euseb. Praepar. Evangel. l. 9. c. 3. p. 447.
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1 Samuel 31:6 In-Context

4 Entonces dijo SaĂșl ĂĄ su escudero: Saca tu espada, y pĂĄsame con ella, porque no vengan estos incircuncisos, y me pasen, y me escarnezcan. Mas su escudero no querĂ­a, porque tenĂ­a gran temor. Entonces tomĂł SaĂșl la espada, y echĂłse sobre ella.
5 Y viendo su escudero ĂĄ SaĂșl muerto, Ă©l tambiĂ©n se echĂł sobre su espada, y muriĂł con Ă©l.
6 AsĂ­ muriĂł SaĂșl en aquel dĂ­a, juntamente con sus tres hijos, y su escudero, y todos sus varones.
7 Y los de Israel que eran de la otra parte del valle, y de la otra parte del JordĂĄn, viendo que Israel habĂ­a huĂ­do, y que SaĂșl y sus hijos eran muertos, dejaron las ciudades y huyeron; y los Filisteos vinieron y habitaron en ellas.
8 Y aconteciĂł el siguiente dĂ­a, que viniendo los Filisteos ĂĄ despojar los muertos, hallaron ĂĄ SaĂșl y ĂĄ sus tres hijos tendidos en el monte de Gilboa;
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