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The battle with the Philistines on the mountains of Gilboa and the death of Saul. The tenth chapter, which tells the story of the death of Saul and his sons, serves as an introduction to the history of David's reign set forth below, since the fall of the house of Saul predetermined David's reign first over the tribe of Judah (2 Sam. 2.2), and then over all of Israel (2 Sam. 4:1–5:1). In terms of its content, the tenth chapter is, with few exceptions, a literal repetition of 1 Samuel 31.1. 1 Chronicles 10:6. And Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house died with him. The expression: “and his whole house died with him” replaces the words of 1 Samuel: “he died with his armor-bearer and even with all his warriors.” If the latter indicate persons close to Saul, then the former does not necessarily mean the entire family: Saul’s surviving son Ishbosheth is equally known to the author of the book. Chronicles and the author of the book. Kings (1 Chronicles 8.33, 9.34). The scope of the concept of “house” includes the concept of “servants” (Gen. 50.7); they are here of course. 1 Chronicles 10:7. When the Israelites who were in the valley saw that everyone was fleeing and that Saul and his sons were dead, they left their cities and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them. Compared to the book. The author of Kings lacks the expression “and beyond the Jordan” (lived). In general, in the book. The kingdoms are more fully represented in the vicinity of the Gilboa Mountains, from which the vast Jezreel Valley goes to the west, and the Trans-Jordanian part to the east. However, the faithfulness of the historical story is on the side of the prince. Chronicles, since the inhabitants of the Trans-Jordanian city of Jabez not only did not flee, as it seems in the book. Kings, but they even came to save the king’s corpse from desecration (1 Chronicles 10:11–12). 1 Chronicles 10:10. And they laid his weapon in the church of their gods, and stuck his head in the house of Dagon. In 1 Samuel it is directly and definitely stated that the armor was placed in the church of Asherah (1 Samuel 31.10); there is no mention of bringing the head of Saul to the house of Dagon, but this is a remark of the book. Chronicles points to an actual fact. The weapons and the severed head of Saul (1 Chronicles 10:9), the main trophies, are naturally brought to the church. Complementing the book. Kings, the author of Chronicles omits her account of Saul's body hanging on the walls of Bethsan (v. 10). Depending on this, the further narrative (1 Chronicles 10:12) is not as clear and understandable as in the book. Kingdoms 1 Chronicles 10:13. So Saul died for his iniquity, which he committed before the Lord, for not keeping the words of the Lord and turning to the sorceress with a question, 1 Chronicles 10:14. but did not seek the Lord. Therefore He put him to death and handed over the kingdom to David, the son of Jesse. Considerations about the causes of Saul's death that are not found in the book. Kings, represented a repetition of the thoughts of Samuel, which he expressed more than once to Saul (1 Samuel 13:13–14, 15:22–23, 28, 18:16–18). You might be interested in: