1 Samuel 31:8

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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 · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“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,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 Samuel 31:8 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Samuel 28:4The Philistines came together and camped at Shunem, while Saul gathered all Israel and camped at Gilboa.
  2. 2 Samuel 1:21O mountains of Gilboa, may you have no dew or rain, no fields yielding offerings of grain. For there the shield of the mighty was defiled, the shield of Saul, no longer anointed with oil.
  3. 1 Chronicles 10:8The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
  4. 2 Chronicles 20:25Then Jehoshaphat and his people went to carry off the plunder, and they found on the bodies an abundance of goods and valuables—more than they could carry away. They were gathering the plunder for three days because there was so much.

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