The fighting grew fierce around Saul, and when the archers overtook him, they wounded(A) him critically.

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

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(A)The battle became fierce against Saul. The archers [a]hit him, and he was severely wounded by the archers.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 31:3 Lit. found him

Let not the archer string his bow,(A)
    nor let him put on his armor.(B)
Do not spare her young men;
    completely destroy[a] her army.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:3 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.

Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his brigandine: and spare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her host.

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Against her (A)let the archer bend his bow,
And lift himself up against her in his armor.
Do not spare her young men;
(B)Utterly destroy all her army.

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