1 Samuel 31 · Verse 8

1 Samuel 31:8

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.
1 Samuel 31:8, King James Version

1 Samuel 31:8 in other translations

BSBThe next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
WEBOn the next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
ASVAnd 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.
YLTAnd 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,
DARBYAnd 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.
BBENow 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.
WebsterAnd 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.

What does 1 Samuel 31:8 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 31:8-9
8-9. on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen--On discovering the corpses of the slaughtered princes on the battlefield, the enemy reserved them for special indignities. They consecrated the armor of the king and his sons to the temple of Ashtaroth fastened their bodies on the temple of Shen, while they fixed the royal heads ignominiously in the temple of Dagon (1Ch 10:10); thus dividing the glory among their several deities.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 31:8-13
The Scripture makes no mention what became of the souls of Saul and his sons, after they were dead; but of their bodies only: secret things belong not to us. It is of little consequence by what means we die, or what is done with our dead bodies. If our souls are saved, our bodies will be raised incorruptible and glorious; but not to fear His wrath, who is able to destroy both body and soul in hell, is the extreme of folly and wickedness. How useless is the respect of fellow-creatures to those who are suffering the wrath of God! While pompous funerals, grand monuments, and he praises of men, honour the memory of the deceased, the soul may be suffering in the regions of darkness and despair! Let us seek that honour which cometh from God only.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

1 Samuel 31:8 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַֽיְהִי֙vay.Hiand it wasH1961
מִֽמָּחֳרָ֔תmi.mo.cho.Ratfrom [the] next dayH4283
וַיָּבֹ֣אוּvai.ya.Vo.'uand they cameH935
פְלִשְׁתִּ֔יםfe.lish.Tim[the] PhilistinesH6430
לְפַשֵּׁ֖טle.fa.Shetto stripH6584
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַחֲלָלִ֑יםha.cha.la.Limthe [ones] slainH2491
וַֽיִּמְצְא֤וּvai.yim.tze.'Uand they foundH4672
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
שָׁאוּל֙sha.'UlSaulH7586
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁתshe.Lo.shet[the] threeH7969
בָּנָ֔יוba.Navsons hisH1121
נֹפְלִ֖יםno.fe.LimfallenH5307
בְּהַ֥רbe.Haron [the] mountain ofH2022
הַגִּלְבֹּֽעַ\׃ha.gil.Bo.a'<the> GilboaH1533

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Samuel 31:8

  • 2 Chronicles 20:25

    And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much.

  • 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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
to strip.
1Ch 10:8; 2Ch 20:25

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 1 Samuel 31:7

    And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were on the other side Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

  • 1 Samuel 31:8

    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.

  • 1 Samuel 31:9

    And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to publish it in the house of their idols, and among the people.

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1 Samuel 31:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y aconteció el siguiente día, que viniendo los Filisteos á despojar los muertos, hallaron á Saúl y á sus tres hijos tendidos en el monte de Gilboa;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et il arriva que, le lendemain, les Philistins vinrent pour dépouiller les tués; et ils trouvèrent Saül et ses trois fils tombés sur la montagne de Guilboa.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und es geschah am folgenden Tage, da kamen die Philister, um die Erschlagenen auszuziehen; und sie fanden Saul und seine drei Söhne auf dem Gebirge Gilboa liegen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Facta autem die altera, venerunt Philisthiim ut spoliarent interfectos, et invenerunt Saul et tres filios ejus jacentes in monte Gelboë.