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1 Samuel 31

4 passages from 3 books in the Christian Reader library reference 1 Samuel 31.

Chapter 3: How False Gods Are Named in Scripture
from Biblical Theology, Book V: On the Corruption and Restoration of Mosaic Theology by John Owen · cites 1 Samuel 31:9

Our translators render it "their images." 1 Samuel 31:9, "They announced it in the house of their idols." The LXX renders it "their idols."
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Chapter 8: Ashtaroth — Goddess of the Sidonians
from Biblical Theology, Book V: On the Corruption and Restoration of Mosaic Theology by John Owen · cites 1 Samuel 31:10

She is first mentioned at (Judges 2:18), and again at (Judges 10:6; 1 Samuel 7:3). That this idol was worshipped not only by the Sidonians but also by the Philistines, and indeed by all who inhabited the seacoast, is shown by (1 Samuel 31:10). II. There was also a town by this n…
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An Exposition Upon the Three First Chapters of the Book of Job
from Exposition of Job 1-3 by Joseph Caryl · cites 1 Samuel 31:13

Joseph made a mourning for his father Jacob, seven days (Genesis 50:10). We have the like time of mourning mentioned (1 Samuel 31:13). The time of mourning varied both in times and places.
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Book 10
from The Application of Redemption by Thomas Hooker · cites 1 Samuel 31:4

Whereas a false heart never yet truly turned from his sin, and sincerely humbled; if the venom of God's vengeance give him a vomit, and make him cast out all his [illegible] by confession in his own face, there follows such faint wrestlings of spirit, such restless and [illegibl…
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