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Then they proclaimed the good news of Saul’s death before their idols and to the people throughout the land of Philistia.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/1_chronicles/10.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And they stripped him and took his head and his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to carry the good news to their idols and to the people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/1_chronicles/10.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />They stripped Saul, cut off his head, took his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news in the temple of their idols and among their people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/1_chronicles/10.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And when they had stripped him, they took his head, and his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry tidings unto their idols, and to the people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/1_chronicles/10.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And they stripped him and took his head and his armor, and sent word throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news <i>in the temple</i> of their idols and among the people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/1_chronicles/10.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />So they stripped him and took his head and his armor and sent <i>messengers</i> around the land of the Philistines to carry the good news to their idols and to the people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/1_chronicles/10.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />So they stripped him and took his head and his armor and sent messengers around the land of the Philistines to carry the good news to their idols and to the people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/1_chronicles/10.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />So they stripped him and took his head and his armor and sent <i>messengers</i> around the land of the Philistines, to carry the good news to their idols and to the people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/1_chronicles/10.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />So they stripped him and took his head and his weapons and sent <i>them</i> all around the land of the Philistines, to proclaim the good news to their idols and to the people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/1_chronicles/10.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />So they stripped Saul and took his head and his armor and sent <i>messengers</i> around the land of the Philistines to bring the good news to their idols and to the people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/1_chronicles/10.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They stripped Saul, cut off his head, took his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to spread the good news to their idols and the people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/1_chronicles/10.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They stripped Saul, cut off his head, took his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to spread the good news to their idols and their people. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_chronicles/10.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And they stripped him, and took his head, and his armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry the tidings unto their idols, and to the people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/1_chronicles/10.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />they took Saul's weapons, pulled off his armor, and cut off his head. Then they sent messengers everywhere in Philistia to spread the news among their people and to thank the idols of their gods. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_chronicles/10.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And they stripped him, and took his head, and his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry the tidings unto their idols, and to the people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/1_chronicles/10.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />They stripped him and took his head and his armor. Then they sent men throughout Philistine territory to tell their idols and the people this good news.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/1_chronicles/10.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />They cut off Saul's head, stripped off his armor, and sent messengers with them throughout Philistia to tell the good news to their idols and to their people. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/1_chronicles/10.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />They stripped him, took his head and armor, and sent messengers throughout the territory of the Philistines to report the news to their idols and to the people. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/1_chronicles/10.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />They stripped Saul, cut off his head, took his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news in the temple of their idols and among their people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/1_chronicles/10.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />They stripped his corpse, and then carried off his head and his armor. They sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines proclaiming the news to their idols and their people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/1_chronicles/10.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />They stripped him, and took his head, and his armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines all around, to carry the news to their idols, and to the people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_chronicles/10.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And when they had stripped him, they took his head, and his armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines around, to carry tidings to their idols, and to the people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_chronicles/10.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />They stripped him and took his head and his armor, then sent into the land of the Philistines all around to carry the news to their idols and to the people. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/1_chronicles/10.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and strip him, and carry away his head and his weapons, and send [them] into the land of the surrounding Philistines to proclaim tidings [to] their idols and the people;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_chronicles/10.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and strip him, and bear away his head, and his weapons, and send into the land of the Philistines round about to proclaim tidings to their idols and the people,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/1_chronicles/10.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And they will strip him and lift up his head, and his weapons, and send into the land of the rovers round about, to announce the good news to their images and the people.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_chronicles/10.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And when they had stripped him, and cut off his head, and taken away his armour, they sent it into their land, to be carried about, and shewn in the temples of the idols and to the people. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/1_chronicles/10.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And when they had despoiled him, and had cut off his head, and had stripped his armor, they sent these things into their land, so that they would be carried around and displayed in the temples of the idols and to the people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_chronicles/10.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />They stripped him, and took his head and his armor; these they sent throughout the land of the Philistines to bring the good news to their idols and to the people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_chronicles/10.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />They stripped him and took his head and his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to carry the good news to their idols and to the people.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/1_chronicles/10.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And they cut off their heads, stripped them of their armour, and sent them to the land of the Philistines, throughout the towns and cities and provinces to carry the good tidings to their idols and to their people;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/1_chronicles/10.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And they picked up their heads and they stripped their armor and they sent to the land of the Philistines to the towns and to the cities and to the surroundings to proclaim the good news in the houses of their idols and among their people.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/1_chronicles/10.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And they stripped him, and took his head, and his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry the tidings unto their idols, and to the people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/1_chronicles/10.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And they stripped him, and took his head, and his armour, and sent them into the land of the Philistines round about, to proclaim the glad tidings to their idols, and to the people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/1_chronicles/10-9.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wtNNY-qpWWI?start=3203" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/1_chronicles/10.htm">The Philistines Possess the Towns</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">8</span>The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa. <span class="reftext">9</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6584.htm" title="6584: way·yap̄·šî·ṭu·hū (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3mp:: 3ms) -- To strip off, make a dash, raid. A primitive root; to spread out; by analogy, to strip.">They stripped Saul,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7218.htm" title="7218: rō·šōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Head. From an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head, whether literal or figurative.">cut off his head,</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5375.htm" title="5375: way·yiś·’ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- Or nacah ('abad); a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. And rel.">took</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3627.htm" title="3627: kê·lāw (N-mpc:: 3ms) -- An article, utensil, vessel. From kalah; something prepared, i.e. Any apparatus.">his armor,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7971.htm" title="7971: way·šal·lə·ḥū (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To send. A primitive root; to send away, for, or out.">and sent</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: ḇə·’e·reṣ- (Prep-b:: N-fsc) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">messengers throughout the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/6430.htm" title="6430: p̄ə·liš·tīm (N-proper-mp) -- Inhab. of Philistia. Patrial from Plesheth; a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth.">of the Philistines</a> <a href="/hebrew/5439.htm" title="5439: sā·ḇîḇ (Adv) -- Circuit, round about. Or cbiybah; from cabab; a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly around."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1319.htm" title="1319: lə·ḇaś·śêr (Prep-l:: V-Piel-Inf) -- To bear tidings. A primitive root; properly, to be fresh, i.e. Full (figuratively) cheerful); to announce.">to proclaim the news</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6091.htm" title="6091: ‘ă·ṣab·bê·hem (N-mpc:: 3mp) -- An idol. From atsab; an image.">in the temple of their idols</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: hā·‘ām (Art:: N-ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">and among their people.</a> </span><span class="reftext">10</span>They put his armor in the temple of their gods and hung his head in the temple of Dagon.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/31-9.htm">1 Samuel 31:9-10</a></span><br />They cut off Saul’s head, stripped off his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news in the temples of their idols and among their people. / They put his armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths and hung his body on the wall of Beth-shan.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/1-20.htm">2 Samuel 1:20</a></span><br />Tell it not in Gath; proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, and the daughters of the uncircumcised exult.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/4-10.htm">2 Samuel 4:10</a></span><br />when someone told me, ‘Look, Saul is dead,’ and thought he was a bearer of good news, I seized him and put him to death at Ziklag. That was his reward for his news!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/21-12.htm">2 Samuel 21:12</a></span><br />he went and took the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the public square of Beth-shan where the Philistines had hung the bodies after they had struck down Saul at Gilboa.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/31-8.htm">1 Samuel 31:8</a></span><br />The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/31-12.htm">1 Samuel 31:12-13</a></span><br />all their men of valor set out, journeyed all night, and retrieved the bodies of Saul and his sons from the wall of Beth-shan. When they arrived at Jabesh, they burned the bodies there. / Then they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and they fasted seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/1-19.htm">2 Samuel 1:19</a></span><br />“Your glory, O Israel, lies slain on your heights. How the mighty have fallen!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/1-21.htm">2 Samuel 1:21</a></span><br />O mountains of Gilboa, may you have no dew or rain, no fields yielding offerings of grain. For there the shield of the mighty was defiled, the shield of Saul, no longer anointed with oil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/1-23.htm">2 Samuel 1:23</a></span><br />Saul and Jonathan, beloved and delightful in life, were not divided in death. They were swifter than eagles; they were stronger than lions.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/1-25.htm">2 Samuel 1:25</a></span><br />How the mighty have fallen in the thick of battle! Jonathan lies slain on your heights.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/1-27.htm">2 Samuel 1:27</a></span><br />How the mighty have fallen, and the weapons of war have perished!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/31-4.htm">1 Samuel 31:4</a></span><br />Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised men will come and run me through and torture me!” But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/31-6.htm">1 Samuel 31:6</a></span><br />So Saul, his three sons, his armor-bearer, and all his men died together that same day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/31-3.htm">1 Samuel 31:3</a></span><br />When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers overtook him and wounded him critically.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/31-5.htm">1 Samuel 31:5</a></span><br />When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his own sword and died with him.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And when they had stripped him, they took his head, and his armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry tidings to their idols, and to the people.</p><p class="hdg">took</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_chronicles/10-4.htm">1 Chronicles 10:4</a></b></br> Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. So Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/31-9.htm">1 Samuel 31:9,10</a></b></br> And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to publish <i>it in</i> the house of their idols, and among the people… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/1-20.htm">2 Samuel 1:20</a></b></br> Tell <i>it</i> not in Gath, publish <i>it</i> not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.</p><p class="hdg">tidings</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/16-23.htm">Judges 16:23,24</a></b></br> Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/daniel/5-2.htm">Daniel 5:2-4,23</a></b></br> Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which <i>was</i> in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_samuel/15-28.htm">Announce</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/10-5.htm">Armor</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-2.htm">Armour</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/5-18.htm">Bear</a> <a href="/2_kings/25-11.htm">Carry</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/4-40.htm">Good</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/9-17.htm">Head</a> <a href="/2_kings/23-24.htm">Idols</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-23.htm">Messengers</a> <a href="/2_kings/22-20.htm">News</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/10-8.htm">Philistines</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-20.htm">Proclaim</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/9-27.htm">Round</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/10-8.htm">Strip</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-16.htm">Stripped</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/9-34.htm">Throughout</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-7.htm">Tidings</a> <a href="/1_samuel/31-10.htm">War-Dress</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/10-5.htm">Weapons</a> <a href="/2_kings/24-3.htm">Word</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezra/4-16.htm">Announce</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/10-10.htm">Armor</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/10-10.htm">Armour</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/15-15.htm">Bear</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/15-2.htm">Carry</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/13-2.htm">Good</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/10-10.htm">Head</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/16-26.htm">Idols</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/14-1.htm">Messengers</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/10-11.htm">News</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/10-11.htm">Philistines</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/16-23.htm">Proclaim</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/10-14.htm">Round</a> <a href="/job/22-6.htm">Strip</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/20-25.htm">Stripped</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/12-30.htm">Throughout</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/16-23.htm">Tidings</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/10-10.htm">War-Dress</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/10-10.htm">Weapons</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/10-13.htm">Word</a><div class="vheading2">1 Chronicles 10</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/10-1.htm">Saul's overthrow and death</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/10-8.htm">The Philistines triumph over Saul</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/10-11.htm">The kindness of Jabesh Gilead toward Saul and his sons</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/10-13.htm">Saul's sin for which the kingdom was transferred from him to David</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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It also served as a way to gather spoils of war. In the biblical context, this act signifies the end of Saul's reign and the transfer of power, as Saul was the first king of Israel, anointed by Samuel. His downfall was prophesied due to his disobedience to God (<a href="/1_samuel/15-28.htm">1 Samuel 15:28</a>).<p><b>cut off his head</b><br>Decapitation was a method used to display victory over a formidable enemy. This act parallels David's earlier victory over Goliath, where David also cut off the giant's head (<a href="/1_samuel/17-51.htm">1 Samuel 17:51</a>). The removal of Saul's head symbolized the ultimate defeat of Israel's king and served as a trophy for the Philistines, who were long-standing enemies of Israel.<p><b>took his armor</b><br>Saul's armor, once a symbol of his royal status and military might, became a prize for the Philistines. Armor was often displayed as a sign of triumph over a vanquished foe. This act also highlights the irony of Saul's earlier attempt to clothe David in his armor before David's battle with Goliath (<a href="/1_samuel/17-38.htm">1 Samuel 17:38-39</a>), which David rejected, trusting instead in God's protection.<p><b>and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines</b><br>The Philistines were a confederation of city-states, and communication among them was crucial for maintaining alliances and celebrating victories. By sending messengers, the Philistines ensured that all their territories were informed of their triumph over Israel, boosting morale and solidifying their dominance in the region.<p><b>to proclaim the news in the temple of their idols</b><br>The Philistines attributed their victory to their gods, such as Dagon, and celebrated in their temples. This act of proclaiming victory in the temple was a way to honor their deities and reinforce their belief in the superiority of their gods over the God of Israel. This mirrors the earlier incident when the Ark of the Covenant was captured and placed in the temple of Dagon (<a href="/1_samuel/5.htm">1 Samuel 5:1-2</a>).<p><b>and among their people</b><br>The news of Saul's defeat was spread among the Philistine people to celebrate and unify them under the shared success against Israel. This public proclamation served to strengthen national pride and reinforce the Philistines' belief in their military and religious superiority. It also served as a warning to other nations of the Philistines' power.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/s/saul.htm">Saul</a></b><br>The first king of Israel, whose death is described in this chapter. His demise marks a significant turning point in Israel's history.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/p/philistines.htm">Philistines</a></b><br>A perennial enemy of Israel, they defeated Saul and his sons in battle, leading to the events described in this verse.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/temple_of_their_idols.htm">Temple of their idols</a></b><br>Refers to the places of worship for the Philistine gods, where they celebrated their victory over Israel.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/m/messengers.htm">Messengers</a></b><br>Individuals sent by the Philistines to spread the news of their victory and Saul's death throughout their land.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/a/armor_and_head_of_saul.htm">Armor and Head of Saul</a></b><br>Symbols of Saul's kingship and military prowess, taken as trophies by the Philistines to demonstrate their triumph.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_disobedience.htm">The Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>Saul's death and the subsequent humiliation of Israel serve as a stark reminder of the consequences of turning away from God's commands.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_reality_of_spiritual_warfare.htm">The Reality of Spiritual Warfare</a></b><br>The stripping of Saul's armor symbolizes the spiritual battles believers face, emphasizing the need for the "armor of God" (Ephesians 6).<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_leadership.htm">God's Sovereignty in Leadership</a></b><br>Despite human failure, God's plan for leadership in Israel continued through David, illustrating His sovereignty and faithfulness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_idolatry.htm">The Danger of Idolatry</a></b><br>The Philistines' celebration in their temples highlights the futility of idolatry and the ultimate victory of the one true God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_humility.htm">The Importance of Humility</a></b><br>Saul's tragic end serves as a cautionary tale about the dangers of pride and self-reliance.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_chronicles_10.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Chronicles 10</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_for_saul's_death_in_1_chronicles.htm">What historical or archaeological evidence supports the details of Saul’s death as described in 1 Chronicles 10, particularly regarding the Philistines’ role and the aftermath? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/did_philistines_control_beth-shan.htm">Is there archaeological evidence of the Philistines controlling Beth-shan (1 Samuel 31:10) and displaying enemy bodies on its walls?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_1_chr_10_13_blame_saul's_death.htm">Why does 1 Chronicles 10:13 emphasize Saul's death as punishment for consulting a medium, when 1 Samuel 31 attributes his defeat primarily to the Philistine assault?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/did_psalm_83_nations_unite_against_israel.htm">Does the historical or archaeological record confirm that the nations listed in Psalm 83:6-8 ever formed a united conspiracy against Israel?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_chronicles/10.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(9) <span class= "bld">And when they had stripped him.</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">and they stripped him, and carried off his head,</span> &c. Samuel, "and they cut off his head, and stripped his armour off." With the phrase "carried off his head," comp. <a href="/genesis/40-19.htm" title="Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up your head from off you, and shall hang you on a tree; and the birds shall eat your flesh from off you.">Genesis 40:19</a>, "Pharaoh will lift thy head from off thee," where the same Hebrew verb is used (<span class= "ital">yissa</span>)<span class= "ital">.</span><p><span class= "bld">And sent</span> (Saul's head and armour) <span class= "bld">to carry tidings unto their idols.</span>--The verb <span class= "ital">bass?r</span> is used of good and bad tidings, especially of the former, as in <a href="/context/2_samuel/18-19.htm" title="Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear the king tidings, how that the LORD has avenged him of his enemies.">2Samuel 18:19-20</a>.<p><span class= "bld">Unto their idols.</span>--Samuel, "house of their idols." But the LXX. reading there is the same as here, <span class= "greekheb">???? ????????</span>. The expression of Samuel looks original, though it may have been copied by mistake from <a href="/1_chronicles/10-10.htm" title="And they put his armor in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon.">1Chronicles 10:10</a>. Note the strictly local conception of deities implied in this act of the Philistines; as if their idols could neither see nor hear beyond their own temples. (Comp. <a href="/1_kings/20-23.htm" title="And the servants of the king of Syria said to him, Their gods are gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.">1Kings 20:23</a>; <a href="/1_kings/20-28.htm" title="And there came a man of God, and spoke to the king of Israel, and said, Thus said the LORD, Because the Syrians have said, The LORD is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into your hand, and you shall know that I am the LORD.">1Kings 20:28</a>; <a href="/psalms/94-9.htm" title="He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?">Psalm 94:9</a>.) . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_chronicles/10.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 9.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And when they had stripped him, they took his head, and his armour</span>. Some comparing this with the parallel (<a href="/1_samuel/31-9.htm">1 Samuel 31:9</a>), "They cut off his head, and stripped off his armour," say "our author" leaves the beheading unmentioned! It is certainly sufficiently implied. <span class="cmt_word">To carry tidings unto their idols.</span> This sentence is more clearly explained, and brought into rather unexpected and perhaps unwished accord with the most modern of our ecclesiastical habits, when in the parallel as above, we find "to publish it in the house of their idols "as the form of expression. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/1_chronicles/10-9.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">They stripped Saul,</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיַּ֨פְשִׁיטֻ֔הוּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yap̄·šî·ṭu·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6584.htm">Strong's 6584: </a> </span><span class="str2">To strip off, make a dash, raid</span><br /><br /><span class="word">cut off his head,</span><br /><span class="heb">רֹאשׁ֖וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(rō·šōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7218.htm">Strong's 7218: </a> </span><span class="str2">The head</span><br /><br /><span class="word">took</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּשְׂא֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiś·’ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5375.htm">Strong's 5375: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lift, carry, take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">his armor,</span><br /><span class="heb">כֵּלָ֑יו</span> <span class="translit">(kê·lāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3627.htm">Strong's 3627: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something prepared, any apparatus</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and sent</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיְשַׁלְּח֨וּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·šal·lə·ḥū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7971.htm">Strong's 7971: </a> </span><span class="str2">To send away, for, out</span><br /><br /><span class="word">messengers throughout the land</span><br /><span class="heb">בְאֶֽרֶץ־</span> <span class="translit">(ḇə·’e·reṣ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the Philistines</span><br /><span class="heb">פְלִשְׁתִּ֜ים‪‬</span> <span class="translit">(p̄ə·liš·tîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6430.htm">Strong's 6430: </a> </span><span class="str2">Philistines -- inhabitants of Philistia</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to proclaim the news</span><br /><span class="heb">לְבַשֵּׂ֛ר</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḇaś·śêr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1319.htm">Strong's 1319: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be fresh, full, cheerful), to announce</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[in the temple] of their idols</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲצַבֵּיהֶ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·ṣab·bê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6091.htm">Strong's 6091: </a> </span><span class="str2">An, image</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and among their people.</span><br /><span class="heb">הָעָֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(hā·‘ām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> </span><span class="str2">A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_chronicles/10-9.htm">1 Chronicles 10:9 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_chronicles/10-9.htm">1 Chronicles 10:9 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_chronicles/10-9.htm">1 Chronicles 10:9 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_chronicles/10-9.htm">1 Chronicles 10:9 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/1_chronicles/10-9.htm">1 Chronicles 10:9 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_chronicles/10-9.htm">1 Chronicles 10:9 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_chronicles/10-9.htm">1 Chronicles 10:9 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_chronicles/10-9.htm">1 Chronicles 10:9 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_chronicles/10-9.htm">1 Chronicles 10:9 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/1_chronicles/10-9.htm">1 Chronicles 10:9 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/1_chronicles/10-9.htm">OT History: 1 Chronicles 10:9 They stripped him and took his head (1 Chron. 1Ch iCh i Ch 1 chr 1chr)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_chronicles/10-8.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Chronicles 10:8"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Chronicles 10:8" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_chronicles/10-10.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Chronicles 10:10"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Chronicles 10:10" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>