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The High Cost of Defeat
Commentators explain that the news of Saul's death and the army's rout caused widespread panic. Israelites in the surrounding regions, including the valley of Jezreel and areas near the Jordan River, abandoned their cities in fear. The defeat wasn't just a military loss; it led to a direct loss of territory as the people fled and the Philistines moved in unopposed.
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1 Samuel
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Samuel 31:7
18th Century
Theologian
The men on the other side of the valley - This must mean the area north of the plain of Jezreel, which would include the tribes of Naphtali,…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Samuel 31:7
19th Century
Bishop
On the other side of the valley. —The words “on the other side of the valley” denote the country opposite the battlefield in the J…
John Gill
On 1 Samuel 31:7
17th Century
Pastor
And which the men of Israel who [were] on the other side of
the valley
The valley of …
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Matthew Henry
On 1 Samuel 31:1–7
17th Century
Minister
We cannot judge the spiritual or eternal state of anyone by the manner of their death; for in that regard, there is one event to the righteous and …