1 Samuel 31:9-10

The Death of Saul

9 So they cut off his head and stripped off his armor and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines, d to carry the good news e to the house of their idols and to the people. 10 f They put his armor in the temple of g Ashtaroth, and they fastened his body to the wall of h Beth-shan.

  1. Cross References
    2 Samuel 1:20
    Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised exult.
  2. Cross References
    Judges 16:23 - 24
    Now the lords of the Philistines gathered to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god and to rejoice, and they said, "Our god has given Samson our enemy into our hand.
  3. Cross References
    1 Samuel 21:9
    And the priest said, "The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you struck down in the Valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you will take that, take it, for there is none but that here." And David said, "There is none like that; give it to me.
  4. Cross References
    Judges 2:13
    They abandoned the Lord and served the Baals and the Ashtaroth.
  5. Cross References
    Joshua 17:11
    Also in Issachar and in Asher Manasseh had Beth-shean and its villages, and Ibleam and its villages, and the inhabitants of Dor and its villages, and the inhabitants of En-dor and its villages, and the inhabitants of Taanach and its villages, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its villages; the third is Naphath.
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