Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Chronicles 10:7
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.
7. that were in the valley ] The “valley of Jezreel” (Hos 1:5), called in later times the “plain of Esdrelon” (Esdraelon) is meant. Even those who lived east of Jordan took to flight; 1Sa 31:7.
forsook their cities ] Among these was no doubt Beth-shan (Beisan) “the key of Western Palestine” (see G. A. Smith, Hist. Geog. p. 358 f.), where Saul’s body was exposed (1Sa 31:12).
and dwelt in them ] Only perhaps until Abner reconquered this district for Ish-bosheth the son of Saul; cp. 2Sa 2:9, “[Abner] made him (Ish-bosheth) king over Jezreel.”
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
In the valley; which was beneath Mount Gilboa, where the fight was, 1Ch 10:1.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
[See comments on 1Sa 31:7]
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
see note on: 1Sa 31:7
Fuente: Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
(7) That were in the valley.Rather, the plain, in which the main battle was foughtthat of Jezreel. Samuel has that were on the other side of the plain, and on the other side of the Jordan. The curt phrase who (dwelt) in the plain, may be compared with 1Ch. 9:2. The people of the surrounding districts are meant; who, when they saw that they (viz., Sauls army, the men of Israel, Samuel) fled, or had been routed, deserted their (Samuel, the, perhaps a transposition of letters) cities which were then occupied by the Philistines.
Dwelt in them.The pronoun here is masculine, in Samuel, feminine, which is correct.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
1Ch 10:7 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.
Ver. 7. And the Philistines came and dwelt in them. ] But before they were well warm in these their new nests, David unroosted and dislodged them “The triumphing of the wicked is but short.” Job 20:5
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
then they: Lev 26:31, Lev 26:36, Deu 28:33, Deu 28:43, Jdg 6:2, 1Sa 13:6, 1Sa 31:7
Reciprocal: 1Ch 13:2 – left