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1 Chronicles 10:1

Mount Gilboa
Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.

2 The Philistines followed hard after Saul and his sons, and they killed Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.

3 When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers overtook him and wounded him.

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BSB
Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.
KJV
Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.
WEB
Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain on Mount Gilboa.
ASV
Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.
DARBY
And the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain on mount Gilboa.
BLB
And the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and they fell slain on Mount Gilboa.
ÅB
Filistrene stred mot Israel, og Israels menn flyktet for filistrene, og det lå mange falne på Gilboa-fjellet.
OTB
Filisterne gikk til kamp mot Israel, og Israels menn flyktet fra filisterne og ble drept på Gilboafjellet.
B1930
Filistrene stred mot Israel, og Israels menn flyktet for filistrene, og det lå mange falne på Gilboa-fjellet.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 1 Chronicles 10:8

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

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  • 1 Samuel 31:1–13

    Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.

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  • 2 Samuel 1:6

    “I happened to be on Mount Gilboa,” he replied, “and there was Saul, leaning on his spear, with the chariots and the cavalry closing in on him.

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  • 1 Samuel 28:4

    The Philistines came together and camped at Shunem, while Saul gathered all Israel and camped at Gilboa.

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  • 2 Samuel 1:21

    O 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.

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  • 1 Samuel 28:1

    Now in those days the Philistines gathered their forces for warfare against Israel. So Achish said to David, “You must understand that you and your men are to go out to battle with me.”

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  • 2 Samuel 21:12

    he went and took the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the public square of Beth-shan where the Philistines had hung the bodies after they had struck down Saul at Gilboa.

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  • 1 Samuel 29:1–2

    Now the Philistines brought all their forces together at Aphek, while Israel camped by the spring in Jezreel.

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