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The battle went hard against Saul, and the archers overtook him; and he was greatly distressed by reason of the archers.
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Verse 3. Overtook. Hebrew “attacked, found, or hit him.” He was running away. Bible.—Wounded. Some translate Hebrew “terrified,” as they believe the words of the Amalecite, “my whole life is in me.” But that wretch deserves no credit; and Saul would probably not take the desperate resolution of killing himself, till he saw there was no possibility of escaping. Septuagint “the archers find him, and they wounded him in the lower belly.” Theodotion, “in the part near the liver.”
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