1 Samuel 31:7

Easy To Read Version

The Israelites {that lived} on the other side of the valley saw the Israelite army running away. They saw that Saul and his sons were dead. So those Israelites left their cities and ran away. Then the Philistines came and lived in those cities.

Cross References

Leviticus 26:32

I will make your land empty. And your enemies that come to live there will be shocked at it.

Leviticus 26:36

The survivors [449] will lose their courage in the land of their enemies. They will be scared of everything. They will run around like a leaf being blown by the wind. They will run like someone is chasing them with a sword. They will fall even when no one is chasing them!

Deuteronomy 28:33

“A nation that you don’t know will take all your crops and all the things you worked for. People will treat you badly and abuse you.

Judges 6:2

The people of Midian were very powerful and were cruel to the people of Israel. So the people of Israel made many hiding places in the mountains. They hid their food in caves and places that were hard to find.

1 Samuel 13:6

The Israelites saw that they were in trouble. They felt trapped. They ran away to hide in caves and cracks in the rock. They hid among the rocks, in wells, and in other holes in the ground.

1 Samuel 13:7

Some Hebrews even went across the Jordan River to the land of Gad and Gilead. Saul was still at Gilgal. All the men in his army were shaking with fear.

1 Samuel 31:6

So Saul, his three sons, and the boy who carried his armor all died together that day.

1 Samuel 31:8

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.