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1 Samuel 31:3
英文原文
He was sore wounded - Better, "he was sore afraid" (compare Deuteronomy 2:25). Saul's fear is explained in 1 Samuel 31:4.
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1 Samuel 31:6
他的……人 - 这话和类似的说法不可过于按字面理解（比较 1 Chronicles 10:6）。我们知道押尼珥、伊施波设和许多人都从基利波的那日活了下来。
英文原文
All his men - This and similar expressions must not be taken too literally (compare 1 Chronicles 10:6). We know that Abner, and Ish-bosheth, and manymore survived the day of Gilboa.
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1 Samuel 31:7
在山谷那边的人 - 这必定指耶斯列平原以北，包括拿弗他利、西布伦，大概还有以萨迦支派。但 1 Chronicles 10:7 的经文作“在平原那里的”，把这说法限于耶斯列平原的居民。
约但河那边 - 这说法最常指约但河以东，因为说话的人被假定在河西。但也用于指约但河以西，如这里——若经文无误的话。
非利士人……住在其中 - 主要城邑之一伯珊立即落入他们手中（1 Samuel 31:10）。
英文原文
The men on the other side of the valley - This must mean to the north of the plain of Jezreel, and would comprise the tribe of Naphtali, and Zabulon, and probably Issachar. But the text of 1 Chronicles 10:7 has "that were in the valley," limiting the statement to the inhabitants of the plain of Jezreel.
On the other side Jordan - This phrase most commonly means on the east of Jordan, the speaker being supposed to be on the west side. But it is also used of the west of Jordan, as here, if the text be sound.
The Philistines ... dwelt in them - One of the principal cities, Beth-shan, fell into their power at once 1 Samuel 31:10.
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1 Samuel 31:10
在亚斯他录庙里 - 这无疑就是希罗多德所提到、位于亚实基伦的那座著名的维纳斯神庙，他说这是该女神所有神庙中最古老的一座。因此 2 Samuel 1:20 特别提到亚实基伦。把扫罗的盔甲作为战利品陈列在亚斯他录庙里，与把歌利亚的刀放在会幕里（1 Samuel 21:9）互为对应。1 Chronicles 10:10 补充说，他们“将扫罗的首级钉在大衮庙中”，那地点大概在迦萨（Judges 16:21）或亚实突（1 Samuel 5:1-3）。这或许是对歌利亚首级遭受类似对待（1 Samuel 17:54）的报复。这些差异似乎表明，这段记载与 1 Chronicles 10:1-14 的记载都是由一份共同的、更详尽的文献编纂而成。
英文原文
In the house of Ashtaroth - This was doubtless the famous temple of Venus in Askelon mentioned by Herodotus as the most ancient of all her temples. Hence, the special mention of Askelon 2 Samuel 1:20. The placing Saul's armour as a trophy in the temple of Ashtaroth was a counterpart to the placing Goliath's sword in the tabernacle 1 Samuel 21:9. In 1 Chronicles 10:10 it is added that they "fastened Saul's head in the temple of Dagon," probably either in Gaza Judges 16:21, or in Ashdod 1 Samuel 5:1-3. This was, perhaps, in retaliation for the similar treatment of Goliath's head 1 Samuel 17:54. The variations seem to imply that both this narrative and that in 1 Chronicles 10:1-14 are compiled from a common and a fuller document.
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1 Samuel 31:11
基列雅比的居民听见…… - 见 1 Samuel 11:1-15。这是国民感恩的一个感人而罕见的榜样。
英文原文
When the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead heard ... - See 1 Samuel 11:1-15. This is a touching and rare example of national gratitude.
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1 Samuel 31:12
用火烧了 - 焚烧并不是希伯来人通常的安葬方式。但在这次事件中，雅比人出于敬虔的心愿，要掩饰这些无头尸身所受的残毁，并使其免受日后可能遭受的任何凌辱，于是焚烧了尸身，却保存了骸骨（1 Samuel 31:13；2 Samuel 21:12）。
英文原文
burnt them - Burning was not the usual mode of sepulture among the Hebrews. But in this case from a pious desire to disguise the mutilation of the headless corpses, and exempt them from any possible future insult, the men of Jabesh burned the bodies, yet so as to preserve the bones 1 Samuel 31:13; 2 Samuel 21:12.
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1 Samuel 31:13
在一棵树下 - 更宜作“在垂丝柳树下”；那是雅比一棵人所共知的树，这段史述写成之时，它依然屹立。
禁食七日 - 乃是效法为雅各哀悼的先例（见旁注）。他们要给扫罗完全的尊荣，尽管他已经败亡。
英文原文
Under a tree - Rather, "Under the tamarisk," a well-known tree at Jabesh which was standing when this narrative was written.
They fasted seven days - In imitation of the mourning for Jacob (marginal reference). They would give full honor to Saul though he was fallen.
“他受了重伤”——更好的译法是“他甚惧怕”（比较 Deuteronomy 2:25）。扫罗的惧怕在 1 Samuel 31:4 有所说明。