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1 Samuel 31:10 KJV
1 Samuel · chapter 31 · verse 10
And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Bethshan.1 Samuel 31:10 · King James Version
1 Samuel 31:10 in context
8And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa.
9And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to publish it in the house of their idols, and among the people.
10And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Bethshan.
11And when the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead heard of that which the Philistines had done to Saul;
12All the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Bethshan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- AshtarothʻAshtârôwthAshtaroth, the name of a Sidonian deity, and of a place East of the JordanH6252 →
- AshtarothBêyth ʻAshtârôwthBeth-Ashtaroth, a place in PalestineH1045 →
- fastenedtâqaʻto clatterH8628 →
- BethshanBêyth ShᵉʼânBeth-Shean or Beth-Shan, a place in PalestineH1052 →
- armourkᵉlîysomething preparedH3627 →
- housebayitha houseH1004 →
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The scripture makes no mention of the souls of Saul and his sons, what became of them after they were dead (secret things belong not to us), but of their bodies only. I. How they were basely abused by the Philistines.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 8-13