1 Samuel 31:9
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And they cut off Saul's head, and stripped him of his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to publish it in the temples of their idols and among their people.

cut off

1 Samuel 31:4 Then Saul said to his armourbearer: Draw thy sword, and kill me: lest these uncircumcised come, and slay me, and mock at me. And his armourbearer would not: for he was struck with exceeding great fear. Then Saul took his sword, and fell upon it.

1 Samuel 17:51,54 He ran, and stood over the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath, and slew him, and cut off his head. And the Philistines seeing that their champion was dead, fled away. . . .

1 Chronicles 10:9,10 And when they had stripped him, and out 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. . . .

to publish

Judges 16:23,24 And the princes of the Philistines assembled together, to offer great sacrifices to Dagon their god, and to make merry, saying: Our god hath delivered our enemy Samson into our hands. . . .

2 Samuel 1:20 Tell it not in Geth, publish it not in the streets of Ascalon: lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.

Context
The Philistines Possess the Towns
8And on the morrow the Philistines came to strip the slain, and they found Saul and his three sons lying in mount Gelboe. 9And they cut off Saul's head, and stripped him of his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to publish it in the temples of their idols and among their people.10And they put his armour in the temple of Astaroth, but his body they hung on the wall of Bethsan.…
Cross References
Judges 16:23
And the princes of the Philistines assembled together, to offer great sacrifices to Dagon their god, and to make merry, saying: Our god hath delivered our enemy Samson into our hands.

Judges 16:24
And the people also seeing this, praised their god, and said the same: Our god hath delivered our adversary into our hands, him that destroyed our country, and killed very many.

1 Samuel 31:8
And on the morrow the Philistines came to strip the slain, and they found Saul and his three sons lying in mount Gelboe.

2 Samuel 1:20
Tell it not in Geth, publish it not in the streets of Ascalon: lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.

1 Chronicles 10:9
And when they had stripped him, and out 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.

Lexicon
They cut off
וַֽיִּכְרְתוּ֙ (way·yiḵ·rə·ṯū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3772: To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant

Saul’s head,
רֹאשׁ֔וֹ (rō·šōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7218: The head

stripped off
וַיַּפְשִׁ֖יטוּ (way·yap̄·šî·ṭū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6584: To strip off, make a dash, raid

his armor,
כֵּלָ֑יו (kê·lāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3627: Something prepared, any apparatus

and sent
וַיְשַׁלְּח֨וּ (way·šal·lə·ḥū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7971: To send away, for, out

messengers throughout the land
בְאֶֽרֶץ־ (ḇə·’e·reṣ-)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land

of the Philistines
פְּלִשְׁתִּ֜ים (pə·liš·tîm)
Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6430: Philistines -- inhabitants of Philistia

to proclaim the news
לְבַשֵּׂ֛ר (lə·ḇaś·śêr)
Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 1319: To be fresh, full, cheerful), to announce

in the temples
בֵּ֥ית (bêṯ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house

of their idols
עֲצַבֵּיהֶ֖ם (‘ă·ṣab·bê·hem)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6091: An, image

and among their people.
הָעָֽם׃ (hā·‘ām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock


Additional Translations
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.And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to publish it in the house of their idols, and among the people.

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.

And they turned him, and stripped off his armour, and sent it into the land of the Philistines, sending round glad tidings to their idols and to the people.

And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour, and sent [them] into the land of the Philistines round about, to announce the glad tidings in the houses of their idols, and to the people.

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

And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to publish it in the house of their idols, and among the people.

They cut off his head, and 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.

and they cut off his head, and strip off his weapons, and send into the land of the Philistines round about, to proclaim tidings in the house of their idols, and among the people;
Jump to Previous
Announce Armor Armour Carry Cut Cutting Glad Gods Good Head House Idols Messengers News Philistines Proclaim Publish Round Strip Stripped Temple Throughout Tidings War-Dress Weapons Word
Jump to Next
Announce Armor Armour Carry Cut Cutting Glad Gods Good Head House Idols Messengers News Philistines Proclaim Publish Round Strip Stripped Temple Throughout Tidings War-Dress Weapons Word
External Links
1 Samuel 31:9 NIV
1 Samuel 31:9 NLT
1 Samuel 31:9 ESV
1 Samuel 31:9 NASB
1 Samuel 31:9 ASV

1 Samuel 31:9 Bible Apps
1 Samuel 31:9 Biblia Paralela
1 Samuel 31:9 Chinese Bible
1 Samuel 31:9 French Bible
1 Samuel 31:9 German Bible

Alphabetical: among and armor carry cut good head his house idols in land messengers news of off people Philistines proclaim sent stripped temple the their them They throughout to weapons

OT History: 1 Samuel 31:9 They cut off his head and stripped (1Sa iSam 1 Sam i sa) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools

1 Samuel 31:8
Top of Page
Top of Page