1 Samuel 31:7

God's Word

When the people of Israel on the other side of the valley and across the Jordan River saw that the men of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their cities. So the Philistines came to live in these cities.

Cross References

Leviticus 26:32

I will make your land so deserted that your enemies will be shocked as they settle in it.

Leviticus 26:36

I will fill with despair those who are left in the land of their enemies. The sound of a windblown leaf will make them run. They will run away and fall, but no one will be chasing them.

Deuteronomy 28:33

People you never knew will eat what your land and your hard work have produced. As long as you live, you will know nothing but oppression and abuse.

Judges 6:2

Midian’s power was too strong for Israel. The Israelites made hiding places in the mountains, caves, and mountain strongholds ⌞to protect themselves⌟ from Midian.

1 Samuel 13:6

When the Israelites saw they were in trouble because the army was hard-pressed, they hid in caves, in thorny thickets, among rocks, in pits, and in cisterns.

1 Samuel 13:7

Some Hebrews crossed the Jordan River into the territory of Gad and Gilead. But Saul remained in Gilgal, and all the people who followed him trembled ⌞in fear⌟.

1 Samuel 31:6

So Saul, his three sons, his armorbearer, and all his men died together that day.

1 Samuel 31:8

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