1 Samuel 31

1 Samuel · Chapter 31

1 Samuel 31:10

1Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.2And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Melchishua, Saul’s sons.3And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers.4Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.5And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him.6So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that same day together.7And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were on the other side 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.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.9And 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.10And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Bethshan.11And when the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead heard of that which the Philistines had done to Saul;12All the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Bethshan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there.13And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
10And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Bethshan.They put his armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths and hung his body on the wall of Beth-shan.And they put his armor in the house of the Ashtaroth; and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
and they putוַיָּשִׂ֙מוּ֙vai-ya-SI-muH7760HNo entry
armor hisכֵּלָ֔יוke-LAVH3627
article/utensil

כְּלִי (ke.li) 1) article, vessel, implement, utensil 1a) article, object (general) 1b) utensil, implement, apparatus, vessel 1b1) implement (of hunting or war) 1b2) implement (of music) 1b3) implement, tool (of labour) 1b4) equipment, yoke (of oxen) 1b5) utensils, furniture 1c) vessel, receptacle (general) 1d) vessels (boats) of paper-reed

[the] house ofבֵּ֖יתbeitH1004QNo entry
Ashtarothעַשְׁתָּר֑וֹתash-ta-ROTH6252G
Ashtaroth

עַשְׁתָּרוֹת (ash.ta.rot) § Ashtaroth or Astaroth = "star" false goddesses in the Canaanite religion, usually related to fertility cult

corpse hisגְּוִיָּתוֹ֙ge-vi-ya-TOH1472
body

גְּוִיָּה (ge.viy.yah) 1) a body (of living creatures) 2) a corpse, carcass, dead body

they fixedתָּקְע֔וּta-ke-'UH8628
to blow

תָּקַע (ta.qa) 1) to blow, clap, strike, sound, thrust, give a blow, blast 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to thrust, drive (of weapon) 1a2) to give a blast, give a blow 1a3) to strike or clap hands 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be blown, blast (of horn) 1b2) to strike or pledge oneself

on [the] wall ofבְּחוֹמַ֖תbe-cho-MATH2346G
wall

חוֹמָה (cho.mah) wall

Bethבֵּ֥יתbeitH1052
Beth-shean

בֵּית שְׁאָן (bet she.an) § Beth-shean or Beth-Shan = "house of ease" a place in Manasseh, west of the Jordan

Shanשָֽׁן׃ShanH1052
Beth-shean

בֵּית שְׁאָן (bet she.an) § Beth-shean or Beth-Shan = "house of ease" a place in Manasseh, west of the Jordan

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.