1st Samuel Chapter 31 verse 10 Holy Bible
And they put his armor in the house of the Ashtaroth; and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.
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His war-dress they put in the house of Astarte; and his body was fixed on the wall of Beth-shan.
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And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth; and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.
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And they put his armor in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Bethshan.
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And they put his armor in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.
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They put his armor in the house of the Ashtaroth; and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.
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and they place his weapons `in' the house of Ashtaroth, and his body they have fixed on the wall of Beth-Shan.
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(10) The house of Ashtaroth.--Literally, of "the Ashtaroth." The expression may signify that the pieces of armour belonging to the four men were divided between the different shrines of Astarte in the land, or placed together in the famous Astarte Temple, at Askelon, which Herodotus (i. 105) describes as the most ancient of the temples dedicated to the worship of the Syrian Venus. The latter supposition seems the more probable, as Askelon is specially mentioned by David in the funeral hymn of Saul and Jonathan (2Samuel 1:20).The wall of Beth-shan.--Beth-shan was in the tribe of Manasseh, some four miles west of the Jordan, and twelve miles south of the sea of Galilee. We are told in Judges 1:27, that the Canaanites, the original inhabitants of the city, were permitted by the conqueror to dwell still in the city. This Canaanitish element in the population was perhaps the reason why Beth-shan was chosen for the barbarous exhibition. The Canaanites would probably have welcomed the miserable spectacle which seemed to degrade their ancient enemies. The writer of the chronicle adds one more ghastly detail to this account: "They fastened the head (skull) of Saul in the Temple of Dagon."Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewThey putוַיָּשִׂ֙מוּ֙ (way·yā·śi·mū)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine pluralStrong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, sethis armorכֵּלָ֔יו (kê·lāw)Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singularStrong's 3627: Something prepared, any apparatusin the templeבֵּ֖ית (bêṯ)Noun - masculine singular constructStrong's 1004: A houseof the Ashtorethsעַשְׁתָּר֑וֹת (‘aš·tā·rō·wṯ)Noun - proper - feminine singularStrong's 6252: A place East of the Jordanand hungתָּקְע֔וּ (tā·qə·‘ū)Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common pluralStrong's 8628: To clatter, slap, clang, to drive, to become bondsmanhis bodyגְּוִיָּתוֹ֙ (gə·wî·yā·ṯōw)Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singularStrong's 1472: A body, corpseon the wallבְּחוֹמַ֖ת (bə·ḥō·w·maṯ)Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular constructStrong's 2346: A wall of protectionof Beth-shan.שָֽׁן׃ (šān)Noun - proper - feminine singularStrong's 1052: Beth-shean -- 'place of quiet', a place in Manasseh, West of the JordanJump to PreviousArmor Armour Ashtaroth Ash'taroth Ashtoreths Astarte Beth Bethshan Beth-Shan Body Fastened Fixed House Shan Temple Wall War-Dress Weapons
