1 Samuel 31:8

1 Samuel 31:8

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

a. NLT: 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.

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

c. Young’s Literal Translation: And it cometh to pass on the morrow, that the Philistines come to strip the wounded, and they find Saul and his three sons fallen on mount Gilboa,

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

e. Septuagint: And it came to pass on the morrow that the Philistines come to strip the dead, and they find Saul and his three sons fallen on the mountains of Gelbue.

f. Stones Edition Torah/Writings/Prophets: It happened the next day, when the Philistines came to plunder the corpses, that they found Saul and his three sons, fallen on Mount Gilboa.

1. “And it came to pass on the marrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain…”

a. And it came to pass [No Hebrew]

b. on the morrow [4283 * mochorath; or mochoratham] [Strong: feminine from the same as 4279; the morrow or (adverbially) tomorrow:--morrow, next day.]

c. the Philistines [6430 * Plishtiy] [Strong: patrial from 6429; a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth:--Philistine.]

d. came [935 * ‘bow] [Strong: a primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications):--abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.]

e. to strip [6584 * pashat] [Strongs: unclothe, plunder, flay.]

f. the slain [2491 * chalal] [Strong: pierced (especially to death); figuratively, polluted:--kill, profane, slain (man), X slew, (deadly) wounded.]

2). A common characteristic after a battle was that the victor plundered the bodies of the fallen, and in some cases, dismembering them.

2. “…that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in Mount Gilboa.”

a. that they found [4672 * matsa'] [Strong: a primitive root; properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present:--+ be able, befall, being, catch, X certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), X have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-)on, meet (with), X occasion serve, (be) present, ready, speed, suffice, take hold on.]

b. Saul [7586 * Sha'uwl shaw-ool' passive participle of 7592; asked; Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites:--Saul, Shaul.]

c. and his three [7969 * shalowsh; or shalosh; masculine shlowshah; or shloshah] [Strong: a primitive number; three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multipl.) thrice:--+ fork, + often(-times), third, thir(-teen, -teenth), three, + thrice.]

d. sons [1121 * ben] [Strong:  from 1129; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.)):--+ afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.]

e. fallen [5307 * naphal] [Strong: a primitive root; to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative):--be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for 6419), lay (along), (cause to) lie down, light (down), be (X hast) lost, lying, overthrow, overwhelm, perish, present(-ed, -ing), (make to) rot, slay, smite out, X surely, throw down.]

f. in Mount [2022 * har] [Strong:  a shortened form of 2042; a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively):--hill (country), mount(-ain), X promotion.]

g. Gilboa [1533 * Gilboa`] [Strong: from 1530 and 1158; fountain of ebullition; Gilboa, a mountain of Palestine:--Gilboa.]

1). The discovery of the remains of Saul and his sons was a prize.

2). Jamieson/Fausset/Brown commentary: “On discovering the corpses of the slaughtered princes on the battlefield, the enemy reserved them for special indignities.”

a). NOTE: Companion passage 1 Chronicles 10:8.

b). 1 Chronicles 10:8-10 And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa.