1 Chronicles 10:8

1 Chronicles 10:8

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.

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

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

c. YLT: And it cometh to pass, on the morrow, that the Philistines come to strip the wounded, and find Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa,

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

e. Septuagint: And it came to pass on the next [day] that the Philistines came to strip the slain, and they found Saul and his sons fallen on mount Gelbue.

f. Stone Edition Torah/Prophets/Writings: It happened the next day, when the Philistines came to plunder the corpses, and they found [the bodies] of Saul and his sons, fallen on Mount Gilboa.

1.  “And it came to pass on the morrow…”

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.]

2. “…when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.”

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

b. 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.]

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

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

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

e. 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.]

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

g. and his 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.]

h. 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.]

i. 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.]

j. 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 Samuel 31:8.

b). 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.