1 Samuel 31:7

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

The Israelites who lived on the other side of the valley saw the Israelite army running away. They saw that Saul and his sons were dead, so they left their cities and ran away. Then the Philistines came and lived in their cities.

Cross References

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.

Judges 6:2

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

Deuteronomy 28:33

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

Leviticus 26:36

The survivors will lose their courage in the land of their enemies. They will be afraid of everything. They will run around like a leaf blown by the wind. They will run as if someone is chasing them with a sword. They will fall even when no one is chasing them.

Leviticus 26:32

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

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.

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.