Teks -- 1 Samuel 31:7 (NET)

31:7 When the men of Israel who were in the valley and across the Jordan saw that the men of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned the cities and fled. The Philistines came and occupied them.

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JFB: 1Sa 31:7 - the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley

Probably the valley of Jezreel--the largest and southernmost of the valleys that run between Little Hermon and the ridges of the Gilboa range direct into the Jordan valley. It was very natural for the people in the towns and villages there to take fright and flee, for had they waited the arrival of the victors, they must, according to the war usages of the time, have been deprived either of their liberty or their lives.

Clarke: 1Sa 31:7 - The men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley

The men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley - They appear to have been panic-struck, and therefore fled as far as they could out of the reach of the Philistines. As the Philistines possessed Beth-shan, situated near to Jordan, the people on the other side of that river, fearing for their safety, fled also.

TSK: 1Sa 31:7 - they forsook the cities

they forsook the cities : 1Sa 13:6; Lev 26:32, Lev 26:36; Deu 28:33; Jdg 6:2

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Poole: 1Sa 31:7 - Of the valley // On the other side Jordan

Of the valley to wit, the valley of Jezreel, where the battle was fought.

On the other side Jordan or rather, on this side Jordan; for these were in the most danger; and the Hebrew preposition is indifferently used for on this side , or for beyond.

Haydock: 1Sa 31:7 - Beyond

Beyond, or about "the passage" or fords of the Jordan, as the Hebrew means. (Menochius) ---

The Philistines did not pursue after them, as God set bounds to their ambition. It might otherwise have proved very fatal to his people, who were now so much divided and terrified. In the parallel passage, in Chronicles, it is only said, When the men....that dwelt in the plains (of Jezrahel) saw this, they fled, 1 Paralipomenon x. 7. The Philistines seized the abandoned cities, particularly Bethsan, (ver. 10.; Haydock) which had been retained by the Chanaanites in the days of the judges, and which David took back, Judges i. 27., and 3 Kings iv. 12.

Gill: 1Sa 31:7 - And which 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 dwelt them

And which the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley,.... The valley of Jezreel; of which See Gill on Hos 1:5,

and they that were on the other side Jordan; or rather "on that side"; for the phrase will bear to be rendered either way, and so may mean that side of Jordan on which the battle was fought; for as for the other side, or that beyond it, the Israelites there could not be in such fear of the Philistines, nor do we ever read of their inhabiting any cities there; though as the phrase is used of the valley, as well as of the river, it may be rendered "about the valley, and about Jordan" ^g, and so describes such that dwelt near to each of them:

saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead; that is, had information and intelligence of those facts, for it is not to be supposed they saw them with their eyes:

they forsook, the cities, and fled; fearing they should be put to the sword, or carried captive:

and the Philistines came and dwelt them; having nothing more to do than to come and take possession.