Holy Scripture

1 Chronicles 10:8

A church father on this verse
“There is abundant information in the books of Chronicles which were written to continue the books of the Kings and to preserve the memory of such important events. The first book begins with a genealogy that sets out to demonstrate how the human race came from a single man. Since it focuses only on the single kingdom…”
Theodoret of Cyrus, 5th c. — QUESTIONS ON 1 CHRONICLES, PROLOGUE

Source: Septuagint

Original

8And it came to pass on the next day that the Philistines came to strip the slain, and they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.

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6So Saul died, and his three sons on that day, and all his family died at the same time.

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

— 1 Chronicles 10:8 —

9And they stripped him, and took his head, and his armor, and sent them into the land of the Philistines round about, to proclaim the glad tidings to their idols, and to the people.

10And they put their armor in the house of their god, and they put his head in the house of Dagon.

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