Polyneices was considered a traitor by King Creon for attacking the city of Thebes. Polyneices body was not permitted to be buried, but left for the scavenger birds and dogs to eat. Eteocles was to receive a hero's burial.
In Samuel's Memory, his mother, his aunts, and his uncles had informed young Samuel that his father had died.
It was said that his father was sick and tired, and probably had succumbed to exhaustion or an illness.
