When the Israelites along the valley and those on the other side of the Jordan saw that the army of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned their cities and ran away. So the Philistines came and occupied their cities. Cross References 1 Samuel 31:6 So Saul, his three sons, his armor-bearer, and all his men died together that same day. 1 Samuel 31:8 The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa. Treasury of Scripture And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were on the other side Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelled in them. they forsook the cities 1 Samuel 13:6 Leviticus 26:32,36 Deuteronomy 28:33 |