1 Samuele 31:9

9 Tagliarono la testa a Saul, lo spogliarono delle sue armi, e mandarono all’intorno per il paese de’ Filistei ad annunziare la buona notizia nei templi dei loro idoli ed al popolo;

1 Samuele 31:9 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 31:9

And they cut off his head
And fastened it in the temple of Dagon, ( 1 Chronicles 10:10 ) ; perhaps that which was at Ashdod, one of the principalities of the Philistines, ( 1 Samuel 5:1 1 Samuel 5:2 ) ;

and stripped off his armour;
or vessels ^F8, 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, ( 2 Samuel 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.

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FOOTNOTES:

F8 (wylk ta) "vasa ejus", Munster, Montanus.

1 Samuele 31:9 In-Context

7 E quando gl’Israeliti che stavano di là dalla valle e di là dal Giordano videro che la gente d’Israele s’era data alla fuga e che Saul e i suoi figliuoli erano morti, abbandonarono le città, e fuggirono; e i Filistei andarono essi ad abitarle.

8 L’indomani i Filistei vennero a spogliare i morti, e trovarono Saul e i suoi tre figliuoli caduti sul monte Ghilboa.

9 Tagliarono la testa a Saul, lo spogliarono delle sue armi, e mandarono all’intorno per il paese de’ Filistei ad annunziare la buona notizia nei templi dei loro idoli ed al popolo;

10 e collocarono le armi di lui nel tempio di Astarte, e appesero il suo cadavere alle mura di Beth-Shan.

11 Ma quando gli abitanti di Jabes di Galaad udirono quello che i Filistei avean fatto a Saul,