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1 Chronicles 10:3 Explained in Context
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Verse 3. 3And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him, and he was wounded of the archers.
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Role in This Section
This verse advances the thought unit through its next name, action, speech, or consequence: “And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him, and he was wounded of the….” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “Saul, his sons, and displaced towns fall at Gilboa.”
Read It With
- 1 Chronicles 10:1–7
Read 1 Chronicles 10:3 with 10:1–7. The selected wording supplies one step in the thought unit through its next name, action, speech, or consequence; the surrounding verses supply the relationships and outcome summarized here: Philistines defeat Israel, kill Saul's sons, wound Saul, and occupy abandoned cities after Saul and his armor-bearer die.
Why It Needs Context
1 Chronicles 10:3 depends on 10:1–7; isolating “And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him, and he was wounded of the…” would detach a supporting name, action, quotation, number, object, or transition from “Saul, his sons, and displaced towns fall at Gilboa.”
Read 1 Chronicles 10:1–7 together
Why these verses belong together: 1 Chronicles 10:1–7 forms the complete movement “Saul, his sons, and displaced towns fall at Gilboa”: Philistines defeat Israel, kill Saul's sons, wound Saul, and occupy abandoned cities after Saul and his armor-bearer die.
Verse 1. 1 Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.
Verse 2. 2 And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul.
Verse 3. 3 And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him, and he was wounded of the archers.
Verse 4. 4 Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. So Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.
Verse 5. 5 And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on the sword, and died.
Verse 6. 6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house died together.
Verse 7. 7 And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, then they forsook their cities, and fled: and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.
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Read 1 Chronicles 10:1–7 — Saul, his sons, and displaced towns fall at GilboaSources used for this context pointer
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Biblical text
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Exact location: 1 Chronicles 10:1–7, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
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