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1 Chronicles 10:10

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And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon.

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KJV King James Version

And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon.

BSB Berean Standard Bible

They put his armor in the temple of their gods and hung his head in the temple of Dagon.

WEB World English Bible

They put his armor in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the house of Dagon.

ASV American Standard Version

And they put his armor in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the house of Dagon.

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

and put his weapons in the house of their gods, and his skull they have fixed in the house of Dagon.

Surrounding context — 1 Chronicles 10

7 And when all the men of Israel that [were] in the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, then they forsook their cities, and fled: and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

8 And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa.

9 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.

10 And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon.

11 And when all Jabeshgilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,

12 They arose, all the valiant men, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

13 So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, [even] against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking [counsel] of [one that had] a familiar spirit, to inquire [of it];

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