KJV King James Version
And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Bethshan.
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1 Samuel 31:10
And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Bethshan.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
They put his armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths and hung his body on the wall of Beth-shan.
WEB World English Bible
They put his armor in the house of the Ashtaroth; and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth Shan.
ASV American Standard Version
And they put his armor in the house of the Ashtaroth; and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and they place his weapons in the house of Ashtaroth, and his body they have fixed on the wall of Beth-Shan.
Surrounding context — 1 Samuel 31
7 And 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.
8 And 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.
9 And 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.
10 And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Bethshan.
11 And when the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead heard of that which the Philistines had done to Saul;
12 All 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.
13 And they took their bones, and buried [them] under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיָּשִׂ֙מוּ֙H7760 · sumto set: makeאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]כֵּלָ֔יוH3627 · ke.liarticle/utensilבֵּ֖יתH1004 · betplaceעַשְׁתָּר֑וֹתH6252 · ash.ta.rotAshtarothוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]גְּוִיָּתוֹ֙H1472 · ge.viy.yahbodyתָּקְע֔וּH8628 · ta.qato blowבְּחוֹמַ֖תH2346 · cho.mahwallבֵּ֥יתH1052 · bet she.anBeth-sheanשָֽׁן׃H1052 · bet she.anBeth-shean
Cross-references
Judges 2:13And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.Joshua 17:11And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Bethshean and her towns, and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Endor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and her towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns, [even] three countries.1 Samuel 21:9And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it [is here] wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take [it]: for [there is] no other save that here. And David said, [There is] none like that; give it me.2 Samuel 21:12-14And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabeshgilead, which had stolen them from the street of Bethshan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa:Judges 1:27Neither did Manasseh drive out [the inhabitants of] Bethshean and her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.1 Samuel 7:3And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, [then] put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
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