1 Samuel 31:7

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The Israelites on the other side of Jezreel Valley and the other side of the Jordan learnt that Saul and his sons were dead. They saw that the Israelite army had run away. So they ran away too, and the Philistines moved into the towns the Israelites had left behind.

Cross References

Leviticus 26:32

Your land will become so desolate that even your enemies who settle there will be shocked when they see it.

Leviticus 26:36

In the land of your enemies, you will tremble at the rustle of a leaf, as though it were a sword. And you will become so weak that you will stumble and fall over each other, even when no one is chasing you.

Deuteronomy 28:33

You will work hard on your farms, but everything you harvest will be eaten by foreigners, who will ill-treat you and abuse you for the rest of your life.

Judges 6:2

The Midianites were so cruel that many Israelites ran to the mountains and hid in caves.

1 Samuel 13:6

The Israelite army realized that they were outnumbered and were going to lose the battle. Some of the Israelite men hid in caves or in clumps of bushes, and some ran to places where they could hide among large rocks. Others hid in tombs or in deep dry pits.

1 Samuel 13:7

Still others went to Gad and Gilead on the other side of the River Jordan. Saul stayed at Gilgal. His soldiers were shaking with fear,

1 Samuel 31:6

Saul was dead, his three sons were dead, and the soldier who carried his weapons was dead. They and all his soldiers died on that same day.

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.