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1 Samuel 31:9

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

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1 Samuel 31:9 in other translations

They cut off his head, stripped off his armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines all around, to carry the news to the house of their idols, and to the people.

1 Samuel 31:9 · World English Bible

1 Samuel 31:9 in context

  1. 7And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were beyond the Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.
  2. 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.
  3. 9And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry the tidings unto the house of their idols, and to the people.
  4. 10And they put his armor in the house of the Ashtaroth; and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.
  5. 11And when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard concerning him that which the Philistines had done to Saul,