1 Chronicles 10:3 “When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers overtook him and…”

1 Chronicles 10:3

When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers overtook him and wounded him.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him, and he was wounded of the archers.

World English Bible

The battle went hard against Saul, and the archers overtook him; and he was distressed by reason of the archers.

American Standard Version

And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers overtook him; and he was distressed by reason of the archers.

Geneva Bible 1599

And the battel was sore against Saul; and the archers hit him, and he was wounded of the archers.

Darby Translation

And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers came up with him, and he was terrified by the archers.

Young's Literal Translation

And the battle [is] heavy on Saul, and those shooting with the bow find him, and he is wounded by those shooting,

Bible in Basic English

And the fight was going against Saul, and the archers came across him, and he was wounded by the archers.

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Cross references

“went”

1 Samuel 31:3–6 2 Samuel 1:4–10 Amos 2:14

1 Samuel 31:3–6 · BSB

When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers overtook him and wounded him critically.

2 Samuel 1:4–10 · BSB

“What was the outcome?” David asked. “Please tell me.” “The troops fled from the battle,” he replied. “Many of them fell and died. And Saul and his son Jonathan are also dead.”

Amos 2:14 · BSB

Escape will fail the swift, the strong will not prevail by his strength, and the mighty will not save his life.

“archers”

Genesis 49:23 Genesis 49:24

Genesis 49:23 · BSB

The archers attacked him with bitterness; they aimed at him in hostility.

Genesis 49:24 · BSB

Yet he steadied his bow, and his strong arms were tempered by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, in the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2The Philistines followed hard after Saul and his sons, and they killed Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.

4Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised men will come and torture me!” But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.

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