And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to publish it in the house of their idols, and among the people.
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Gill's Exposition
And they cut off his head,.... And fastened it in the temple of Dagon, Ch1 10:10; perhaps that which was at Ashdod, one of the principalities of the Philistines, Sa1 5:1,
and stripped off his…
Adam Clarke
And they cut off his head - It is possible that they cut off the heads of his three sons likewise; for although only his head is said to be cut off, and his body only to be fastened to the walls of…
The scripture makes no mention of the souls of Saul and his sons, what became of them after they were dead (secret things belong not to us), but of their bodies only.
I. How they were basely abused by…
The burial of Saul and his Sons
9. they cut off his head The Anointed of Jehovah fares no better than the uncircumcised Goliath, now that God has forsaken him.
to publish it To publish the good news.…
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