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When all the men of Israel who were in the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook their cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and lived in them.
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The Ripple Effect of Defeat
Commentators explain that the death of Saul and his sons caused a complete collapse in national morale. When the Israelites in the surrounding region saw their leaders were dead and the army had fled, they abandoned their own cities. This verse shows the devastating ripple effect of failed leadership, creating a power vacuum that the enemy immediately filled.
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1 Chronicles
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19th Century
Anglican
That were in the valley. —Rather, the plain, in which the main battle was fought—that of Jezreel. Samuel has that wer…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
(See Gill on 1 Samuel 31:7)
Presbyterian
The primary design of these books of the Chronicles appears to be to preserve the records of the house of David. Therefore, the writer does not rep…
