1 Samuel 31:10

And they put his armor in the house of the Ashtaroth, and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.

In Context

9And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about to carry the news to the house of their idols, and to the people.

11And when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard concerning him, that which the Philistines had done to Saul,

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Cross References

Judges 1:27And Manasseh did not drive out [those of] Beth-shean and its towns, nor [of] Taanach and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns

1 Samuel 7:3And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return to LORD with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you, and direct your hearts to LORD, and serve him only. And he will deli

2 Samuel 21:12And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the street of Beth-shan where the Philistines had hanged them in the day that the Philistines kille

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 31:9-13

The Disposal of Saul's Body. ( b. c. 1055.) 8 And 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. 9 And 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. 10 And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan. 11 And when the inhabitants of… Read the whole commentary →

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