Holy Scripture

1 Samuel 31:9

A church father on this verse
“And they cut off the head of Saul, etc. The corruptors or demons persecuted Judea with the weapons of impiety to such an extent that they completely deprived it of the principal kingdom itself and snatched away the defenses of the sacred law, by which they prevailed against all adversities. Their downfall was soon spr…”
Bede, 8th c. — Commentary on Samuel

Source: Septuagint

Original

9And they turned him, and stripped off his armor, and sent it into the land of the Philistines, sending round glad tidings to their idols and to the people.

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7And the men of Israel who were on the other side of the valley, and those beyond Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead; and they leave their cities and flee: and the Philistines come and dwell in them.

8And it came to pass on the morrow that the Philistines come to strip the dead, and they find Saul and his three sons fallen on the mountains of Gilboa.

— 1 Samuel 31:9 —

10And they set up his armor at the temple of Ashtaroth, and they fastened his body on the wall of Beth-shan.

11And the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead hear what the Philistines did to Saul.

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