1 Chronicles 10
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1 Chronicles 10:8-14 . THE PHILISTINES TRIUMPH OVER HIM.
10. put his armour in the house of their gods--It was common among the heathen to vow to a national or favorite deity, that, in the event of a victory, the armor of the enemy's king, or of some eminent leader, should be dedicated to him as an offering of gratitude. Such trophies were usually suspended on the pillars of the temple.
fastened his head in the temple of Dagon--while the trunk or headless corpse was affixed to the wall of Beth-shan ( 1 Samuel 31:10 ).
13. Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the Lord--in having spared the king of the Amalekites and taken the flocks of the people as spoils [ 1 Samuel 15:9 ], as well as in having consulted a pythoness [ 1 Samuel 28:7 ]. Both of these acts were great sins--the first as a violation of God's express and positive command [ 1 Samuel 15:3 ], and the second as contrary to a well-known statute of the kingdom ( Leviticus 19:31 ).
14. And inquired not of the Lord--He had done so in form ( 1 Samuel 28:6 ), but not in the spirit of a humble penitent, nor with the believing confidence of a sincere worshipper. His enquiry was, in fact, a mere mockery, and his total want of all right religious impressions was manifested by his rushing from God to a wretched impostor in the service of the devil [ 1 Samuel 28:7 ].