1 Chronicles 10:9

1 Chronicles 10:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And when they had stripped him, they took his head, and his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry tidings unto their idols, and to the people.
• New International Version (NIV)They stripped him and took his head and his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news among their idols and their people.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And they stripped him and took his head and his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to carry the good news to their idols and to the people.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And they stripped him and took his head and his armor, and sent word throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news in the temple of their idols and among the people.

Context of 1 Chronicles 10:9

7And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, then they forsook their cities, and fled: and the Philistines came and dwelt in them. 8And it came to pass on the next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa. And when they had stripped him, they took his head, and his armour, and sent messengers around into the land of the Philistines, to carry tidings to their idols, and to the people. 10And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon. 11And when all Jabeshgilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,

1 Chronicles 10:9 word by word

וַיַּ֨פְשִׁיטֻ֔הוּ וַיִּשְׂא֥וּ אֶת־רֹאשׁ֖וֹ וְאֶת־כֵּלָ֑יו וַיְשַׁלְּח֨וּ בְאֶֽרֶץ־פְלִשְׁתִּ֜ים סָבִ֗יב לְבַשֵּׂ֛ר אֶת־עֲצַבֵּיהֶ֖ם וְאֶת־הָעָֽם׃Read the interlinear

• strippedפָּשַׁטpâshaţ · to stripH6584
• tookנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: raiseH5375
• headרֹאשׁrô'sh · headH7218
• armourכְּלִיkelîy · article/utensilH3627
• sentשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• aroundסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · around: wholeH5439
• landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּיpelishtîy · PhilistineH6430
• tidingsבָּשַׂרbâώar · to bear tidingsH1319
• idolsעָצָב‛âtsâb · idolH6091
• peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 10:9

• 1 Chronicles 10:4Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through with it; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was greatly afraid. So Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.
• 1 Samuel 31:9And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour, and sent them around the land of the Philistines, to proclaim it in the house of their idols, and among the people.
• 2 Samuel 1:20Tell it not in Gath, proclaim it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
• Matthew 14:11And his head was brought on a platter, and given to the girl: and she brought it to her mother.
• Judges 16:23Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.
• Daniel 5:2Belshazzar, while he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink in them.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 10:9

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-12Saul died together with his three sons and all his house: The Chronicler does not mention Saul’s armor bearer or the rest of his troops (see 1 Samuel 31:6). This emphasizes God's role in removing Saul and replacing him with David (1 Chronicles 10:14).Read the comment

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Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings