1 Samuel 31:7

New International Version

When the Israelites along the valley and those across the Jordan saw that the Israelite army had fled and that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned their towns and fled. And the Philistines came and occupied them.

Cross References

Leviticus 26:32

I myself will lay waste the land, so that your enemies who live there will be appalled.

Leviticus 26:36

“ ‘As for those of you who are left, I will make their hearts so fearful in the lands of their enemies that the sound of a windblown leaf will put them to flight. They will run as though fleeing from the sword, and they will fall, even though no one is pursuing them.

Deuteronomy 28:33

A people that you do not know will eat what your land and labor produce, and you will have nothing but cruel oppression all your days.

Judges 6:2

Because the power of Midian was so oppressive, the Israelites prepared shelters for themselves in mountain clefts, caves and strongholds.

1 Samuel 13:6

When the Israelites saw that their situation was critical and that their army was hard pressed, they hid in caves and thickets, among the rocks, and in pits and cisterns.

1 Samuel 13:7

Some Hebrews even crossed the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. Saul remained at Gilgal, and all the troops with him were quaking with fear.

1 Samuel 31:6

So Saul and his three sons and his armor-bearer and all his men died together that same day.

1 Samuel 31:8

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