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Contemporary English Version

1 Samuel 31:8

The day after the battle, when the Philistines returned to the battlefield to take the weapons of the dead Israelite soldiers, they found Saul and his three sons lying dead on Mount Gilboa.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Gilboa;   Trophies;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Philistines, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Philistines;   Saul;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Gilead;   Palestine;   Philistia, philistines;   Saul, king of israel;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Gods and Goddesses, Pagan;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Dagon's House;   Gilboa;   Jonathan;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jabesh (1);   Samuel, the Books of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Gilboa;   Jonathan;   Lo-Debar;   Philistines, the;   Samuel, Books of;   Saul;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Esdraelon;   Gilboa;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Har-Magedon;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Gilboa ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Armageddon;   Jezreel (2);   Saul;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Jon'athan,;   War;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Achish;   Chronicles, Books of;   Esdraelon, Plain of;   Gilboa, Mount;   Jabesh-Gilead;   Samuel, Books of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Chronicles, Books of;   Gilboa;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The next day when the Philistines came to strip the slain, they found Saul and his three sons dead on Mount Gilboa.
Hebrew Names Version
It happened on the next day, when the Pelishtim came to strip the slain, that they found Sha'ul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
King James Version
And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa.
Lexham English Bible
And then the next day, the Philistines came to strip the dead and they found Saul and his three sons lying dead on Mount Gilboa.
English Standard Version
The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
New Century Version
The next day when the Philistines came to take all the valuable things from the dead soldiers, they found Saul and his three sons dead on Mount Gilboa.
New English Translation
The next day, when the Philistines came to strip loot from the corpses, they discovered Saul and his three sons lying dead on Mount Gilboa.
Amplified Bible
The next day, when the Philistines came to plunder the dead, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
New American Standard Bible
It came about on the next day, when the Philistines came to strip those killed, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And on the morowe when the Philistims were come to spoyle them that were slaine, they founde Saul and his three sonnes lying in mount Gilboa,
Legacy Standard Bible
Now it happened on the next day, that the Philistines came to strip the slain, and they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
Complete Jewish Bible
The following day, when the P'lishtim came to strip the dead, they found Sha'ul and his three sons lying dead on Mount Gilboa.
Darby Translation
And it came to pass the next day, that the Philistines came to strip the slain, and they found Saul and his three sons fallen on mount Gilboa.
Easy-to-Read Version
The next day, the Philistines went back to take things from the dead bodies. They found Saul and his three sons dead on Mount Gilboa.
George Lamsa Translation
And on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on mount Gilboa.
Good News Translation
The day after the battle the Philistines went to plunder the corpses, and they found the bodies of Saul and his three sons lying on Mount Gilboa.
Literal Translation
And it happened on the next day, the Philistines came to strip the wounded. And they found Saul and his three sons fallen down on Mount Gilboa.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
On the nexte daye came the Philistynes to spoyle ye slayne, and founde Saul and his thre sonnes lyenge vpon mount Gilboa,
American Standard Version
And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa.
Bible in Basic English
Now on the day after, when the Philistines came to take their goods from the dead, they saw Saul and his three sons dead on the earth in Mount Gilboa.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
On the morow when the Philistines were come to spoyle them that were slaine, they founde Saul and his three sonnes lying in mount Gilboa.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa.
King James Version (1611)
And it came to passe on the morrow when the Philistines came to strip the slaine, that they found Saul, and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
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.
English Revised Version
And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa.
Berean Standard Bible
The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe in `the tother dai maad, Filisteis camen, that thei schulden dispuyle the slayn men, and thei founden Saul, and hise thre sones, liggynge in the hil of Gelboe; and thei kittiden awei the heed of Saul,
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,
Update Bible Version
And it came to pass on the next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa.
Webster's Bible Translation
And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa.
World English Bible
It happened on the next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
New King James Version
So it happened the next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
New Living Translation
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.
New Life Bible
When the Philistines came to rob the dead the next day, they found Saul and his three sons lying on Mount Gilboa.
New Revised Standard
The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul, and his three sons, lying prostrate in Mount Gilboa.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And on the morrow the Philistines came to strip the slain, and they found Saul and his three sons lying in mount Gelboe.
Revised Standard Version
On the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilbo'a.
THE MESSAGE
The next day, when the Philistines came to rob the dead, they found Saul and his three sons dead on Mount Gilboa. They cut off Saul's head and stripped off his armor. Then they spread the good news all through Philistine country in the shrines of their idols and among the people. They displayed his armor in the shrine of the Ashtoreth. They nailed his corpse to the wall at Beth Shan.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
It came about on the next day when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.

Contextual Overview

8 The day after the battle, when the Philistines returned to the battlefield to take the weapons of the dead Israelite soldiers, they found Saul and his three sons lying dead on Mount Gilboa. 9The Philistines cut off Saul's head and pulled off his armor. Then they put his armor in the temple of the goddess Astarte, and they nailed his body to the city wall of Beth-Shan. They also sent messengers everywhere in Philistia to spread the good news in the temples of their idols and among their people. 11 The people who lived in Jabesh in Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul's body. 12 So one night, some brave men from Jabesh went to Beth-Shan. They took down the bodies of Saul and his sons, then brought them back to Jabesh and burned them. 13 They buried the bones under a small tree in Jabesh, and for seven days, they went without eating to show their sorrow.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

to strip: 1 Chronicles 10:8, 2 Chronicles 20:25

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 1:19 - beauty

Cross-References

Genesis 30:32
Let me go through your flocks and herds and take the sheep and goats that are either spotted or speckled and the black lambs. That's all you need to give me.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 31:8. On the morrow — It is very likely that the battle and pursuit continued till the night, so that there was no time till the next day to strip and plunder the slain.


 
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