1 Samuel 31:10
What does 1 Samuel 31:10 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Samuel 31:10 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And they put his armor in the house of the Ashtaroth; and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth–shan.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And they put his armor in the house of the Ashtaroth; and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949His war-dress they put in the house of Astarte; and his body was fixed on the wall of Beth-shan.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and they place his weapons <FI>in<Fi> the house of Ashtaroth, and his body they have fixed on the wall of Beth-Shan.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And they put his armour in the temple of Astaroth, but his body they hung on the wall of Bethsan.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth; and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.
Context
v.9And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry the tidings unto the house of their idols, and to the people.
v.10This passage
v.11And when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard concerning him that which the Philistines had done to Saul,
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 7:3
And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto Jehovah with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you, and direct your hearts unto Jehovah, and serve him only; and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
- Joshua 17:11
And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth-shean and its towns, and Ibleam and its towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of En-dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns, even the three heights.
- Judges 1:27
And Manasseh did not drive outthe inhabitants ofBeth-shean and its towns, norofTaanach and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
- 1 Samuel 21:9
And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the vale 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
And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the street of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, in the day that the Philistines slew Saul in Gilboa;
- Judges 2:13
And they forsook Jehovah, and served Baal and the Ashtaroth.
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