Bible Cross References
the Philistines
1 Samuel 28:1
Some time later the Philistines gathered their troops to fight Israel, and Achish said to David, "Of course you understand that you and your men are to fight on my side."
1 Samuel 28:15
Samuel said to Saul, "Why have you disturbed me? Why did you make me come back?" Saul answered, "I am in great trouble! The Philistines are at war with me, and God has abandoned me. He doesn't answer me any more, either by prophets or by dreams. And so I have called you, for you to tell me what I must do."
1 Samuel 29:1
The Philistines brought all their troops together at Aphek, while the Israelites camped at the spring in Jezreel Valley.
fell down
1 Samuel 12:25
But if you continue to sin, you and your king will be destroyed."
1 Chronicles 10:1-12
1
The Philistines fought a battle against the Israelites on Mount Gilboa. Many Israelites were killed there, and the rest of them, including King Saul and his sons, fled.
2
But the Philistines caught up with them and killed three of Saul's sons, Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.
3
The fighting was heavy around Saul, and he was hit by enemy arrows and badly wounded.
4
He said to the young man carrying his weapons, "Draw your sword and kill me, to keep these godless Philistines from gloating over me." But the young man was too terrified to do it. So Saul took his own sword and threw himself on it.
5
The young man saw that Saul was dead, so he too threw himself on his sword and died.
6
So Saul and his three sons all died together, and none of his descendants ever ruled.
7
When the Israelites who lived in Jezreel Valley heard that the army had fled and that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned their towns and ran off. Then the Philistines came and occupied them.
8
The day after the battle the Philistines went to plunder the corpses, and they found the bodies of Saul and his sons lying on Mount Gilboa.
9
They cut off Saul's head, stripped off his armor, and sent messengers with them throughout Philistia to tell the good news to their idols and to their people.
10
They put his weapons in one of their temples and hung his head in the temple of their god Dagon.
11
When the people of Jabesh in Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,
12
the bravest men went and got the bodies of Saul and his sons and took them to Jabesh. They buried them there under an oak and fasted for seven days.
slain
1 Samuel 28:4
The Philistine troops assembled and camped near the town of Shunem; Saul gathered the Israelites and camped at Mount Gilboa.
2 Samuel 1:21
"May no rain or dew fall on Gilboa's hills; may its fields be always barren! For the shields of the brave lie there in disgrace; the shield of Saul is no longer polished with oil.