Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
They put Saul's weapons in the temple of Asherah and fastened his corpse to the wall of Beth-shan.
New American Standard Bible
They put his weapons in the
King James Version
And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Bethshan.
Holman Bible
Then they put his armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths
A Conservative Version
And they put his armor in the house of the Ashtaroth, and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.
American Standard Version
And they put his armor in the house of the Ashtaroth; and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.
Amplified
And they put Saul’s weapons and armor in the temple of the Ashtaroth (female goddesses), and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.
Bible in Basic English
His war-dress they put in the house of Astarte; and his body was fixed on the wall of Beth-shan.
Darby Translation
And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth; and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.
Julia Smith Translation
And they will put up his arms in the house of Ashtaroth: and his body they will hang up upon the wall of the House of Quiet
King James 2000
And they put his armor in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Bethshan.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And they put his armor [in] the temple of the Ashtoreth, and they fastened his corpse to the wall of Beth Shan.
Modern King James verseion
And they put his armor in the house of Ashtaroth, and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And they hanged up his harness in the house of Ashtaroth, but they hanged up his carcass on the walls of Bet-Shean.
NET Bible
They placed Saul's armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths and hung his corpse on the city wall of Beth Shan.
New Heart English Bible
They put his armor in the house of the Ashtaroth; and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth Shan.
The Emphasized Bible
And they put his armour in a house of Ashtoreths, - and, his dead body, fastened they on the wall of Beth-shan.
Webster
And they put his armor in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.
World English Bible
They put his armor in the house of the Ashtaroth; and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth Shan.
Youngs Literal Translation
and they place his weapons in the house of Ashtaroth, and his body they have fixed on the wall of Beth-Shan.
Themes
Ashtaroth » Ashtoreth or ashtoreth, a Goddess of the phoenicians
Beth-shean » Bodies of saul and his sons exposed in
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul
Philistines » Israel defeated by, and saul slain
Temple » Idolatrous » Trophies stored in
Walls » Of cities » The bodies of enemies sometimes fastened on, as a disgrace
Interlinear
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References
American
Easton
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Samuel 31:10
Verse Info
Context Readings
Saul And Jonathan Die On Mount Gilboa
9 They cut off his head and stripped him of his weapons. They sent people throughout the territory of the Philistines to report the good news in the temples of their idols and to the people. 10 They put Saul's weapons in the temple of Asherah and fastened his corpse to the wall of Beth-shan. 11 When the residents of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,
Cross References
Joshua 17:11
In Issachar and Asher, Manasseh held Beth-shean and its towns, Ibleam and its towns, the inhabitants of En-dor and its towns, the inhabitants of Taanach and its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns, and the three coastal districts.
Judges 2:13
As a result, they abandoned the LORD by serving both Baal and Ashtaroth.
1 Samuel 21:9
The priest said, "The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you struck down in the Valley of Elah is wrapped up in a cloth behind the ephod. If you want it, take it because there is no other except it here." So David said, "There is none like it. Give it to me."
Judges 1:27
The army of the tribe of Manasseh did not conquer Beth-shean and its villages, Taanach and its villages, the inhabitants of Dor and its villages, the inhabitants of Ibleam and its villages, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its villages. Instead, the Canaanites continued to live in that land.
1 Samuel 7:3
Then Samuel told the whole house of Israel, "If you're returning to the LORD with all your heart, then remove the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you, direct your hearts back to the LORD, and serve him only. Then he will deliver you from the control of the Philistines."
2 Samuel 21:12-14
David had Saul's bones and the bones of his son Jonathan removed from the custody of certain men from Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the public square in Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them that is, back on the day when the Philistines had killed Saul on Mount Gilboa.