1 Samuel 31

1 Samuel 31:1-13

Defeat of the Israelites at Mt. Gilboa. Death of Saul 6. And all his men] LXX omits. 7. The valley] of Jezreel. 10. The house of Ashtaroth] at Askelon: cp. 2 Samuel 1:20. Bethshan] between the Gilboa and little Hermon ranges. 11. They thus showed their gratitude for former kindness: see 1 Samuel 11. 12. Burnt them] The action of the men of Jabesh was probably due to their fear that the Philistines would remove the bodies. 13. Under a tree] RV ‘under the tamarisk tree.’ It was evidently some well-known tree: cp. Genesis 35:4; Judges 4:5.