1 Samuel 31:9
Ver. 9. And they cut off his head,.... And fastened it in the temple of Dagon, 1Ch 10:10; perhaps that which was at Ashdod, one of the principalities of the Philistines, 1Sa 5:1;
and stripped off his armour; or vessels {h}, his clothes as well as his armour, and what he had about him; as for his crown on his head, and the bracelet on his arm, the Amalekite took them before the Philistines came, 2Sa 1:10;
and sent into the land of the Philistines round about: not his head and his armour, for they were placed in the temple of their idols; unless we can suppose these were first carried about for show, and as proofs of the victory: but rather messengers, who were sent express with the news,
to publish [it in] the house of their idols, and among the people; that so they might be glad and rejoice, and give praise to their idols, to whom they ascribed the success they had.
{h} wylk ta "vasa ejus", Munster, Montanus.