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Geneva Bible Notes (1560)1 Samuel 31

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See 1 Samuel 31:1 in… The King James Bible Geneva Bible (1599)
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1 / Or, slaine.

See 1 Samuel 31:3 in… The King James Bible Geneva Bible (1599)
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3 / Or, afraied

3 / Ebr. founde him.

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4 a So we se that his cruel life hathe a desperate end as is commonly sene in them, that persecute the children of God.

4 ! Saul killeth him selfe.

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6 ! His children are slaine in the battel.

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7 b Nere to Gilboa.

7 c The tribes of Reuben and God, and halfe the tribe of Manasseh.

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9 d In token of victorie, and triumphe.

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11 e Whome he had deliuered from their enemies, {Chap. 11,11}

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12 ! The men of Jabesh toke down his body, which was hanged on the wall.

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13 f According to the custome of mourners.