1 Samuel 31:9
So they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour,—and sent throughout the land of the Philistines round about, to publish it in the house of their idols, and unto the people.
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1 Samuel 17:51So David ran, and stood by the Philistine, and took his sword and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off, therewith, his head,—and, when the Philistines saw that their hero was slain, they fled.
1 Samuel 31:4Then said Saul to his armour-bearer—Draw thy sword and pierce me through therewith, lest these uncircumcised come, and pierce me through, and abuse me. But his armour-bearer was not willing, for he was sore afraid. So Saul took his sword and fell thereon.
1 Chronicles 10:9So they stript him, and took his head, and his armour,—and sent throughout the land of the Philistines round about, to publish it to their idols, and to the people.
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 →