So Saul and his three sons died there together, bringing his dynasty to an end.
Parallel translations
- WEB So Saul died with his three sons; and all his house died together.
- KJV So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house died together.
- BSB So Saul died together with his three sons and all his house.
- NKJV So Saul and his three sons died, and all his house died together.
- NASB So Saul died with his three sons, and all those of his house died together.
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Quick answer
Saul and his three sons die, and his house perishes together. It marks the definitive end of Saul's dynasty.
Overview
The Chronicler states that Saul died with his sons and all his house died together, stressing the dynastic finality. This sweeping statement (focusing on his immediate royal line) signals that the kingship would not continue through Saul. It clears the stage for David, through whom God establishes an everlasting throne ultimately occupied by Jesus Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- 1 Sam 12:25But if you keep doing evil, you will be consumed, both you and your king.”
- Hos 13:10–11Where is your king now, that he may save you in all your cities? And your judges, of whom you said, ‘Give me a king and princes?’
- Eccl 9:1–2For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it is love or hatred, man doesn’t know it; all is before them.
- 1 Sam 4:10–11The Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and each man fled to his tent. There was a very great slaughter; for thirty thousand footmen of Israel fell.
- 1 Sam 4:18When he made mention of God’s ark, Eli fell from off his seat backward by the side of the gate; and his neck broke, and he died; for he was an old man, and heavy. He had judged Israel forty years.
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