And they cut off his head, and stripped him out of his armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines on every side, that they should [a]publish it in the temple of their idols, and among the people.

10 And they laid up his armor in the house of Ashtoreth, but they hanged up his body on the wall of Beth Shan.

11 ¶ When the inhabitants of [b]Jabesh Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 31:9 In token of victory and triumph.
  2. 1 Samuel 31:11 Whom he had delivered from their enemies, 1 Sam. 11:11.

They cut off his head and stripped off his armor, and they sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news(A) in the temple of their idols and among their people.(B) 10 They put his armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths(C) and fastened his body to the wall of Beth Shan.(D)

11 When the people of Jabesh Gilead(E) heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,

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