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1 Samuel 31:8-10
International Standard Version
1 Samuel 31:8-10
International Standard Version
The Philistines Desecrate Saul’s Body(A)
8 The next day, the Philistines came to strip the dead, and they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa. 9 They cut off his head and stripped him of his weapons. They sent people throughout the territory of the Philistines to report the good news in the temples of their idols and to the people. 10 They put Saul’s[a] weapons in the temple of Asherah[b] and fastened his corpse to the wall of Beth-shan.
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- 1 Samuel 31:10 Lit. his
- 1 Samuel 31:10 Asherah was a female deity worshipped by the Canaanites and the Philistines
1 Samuel 31:8-10
New International Version
1 Samuel 31:8-10
New International Version
8 The next day, when the Philistines(A) came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa. 9 They cut off his head and stripped off his armor, and they sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news(B) in the temple of their idols and among their people.(C) 10 They put his armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths(D) and fastened his body to the wall of Beth Shan.(E)
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