1 Chronicles 10:7 meaning and explanation
When all the Israelites in the valley saw that the army 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.
1 Chronicles 10:7, Berean Standard Bible
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The Chronicler retells Saul's final battle from Mount Gilboa, and this verse shows the aftermath spreading through the Jezreel Valley. With the king and his sons dead and the army broken, the Israelites living in the valley towns saw no hope of holding their ground, so they left their cities and the Philistines moved in and occupied them.
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