King James Version
1 Samuel 31:10 in the King James Version says “And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth : and they fastened his body to the wall of Bethshan.” — study this verse from 1 Samuel chapter 31 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth : and they fastened his body to the wall of Bethshan.”
1 Samuel 31:10 · KJV
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.
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.
And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth : and they fastened his body to the wall of Bethshan.
And when the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead heard of that which the Philistines had done to Saul; of that: or, concerning him that
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And they put”
H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“his armour”
H3627something prepared, i.e., any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon)
“in the house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“of Ashtaroth”
H6252ashtaroth, the name of a sidonian deity, and of a place east of the jordan
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“and they fastened”
H8628to clatter, i.e., slap (the hands together), clang (an instrument); by analogy, to drive (a nail or tent-pin, a dart, etc.); by implication, to become
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