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1 Chronicles 10:9

Shame

7 And 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.

8 And it came to pass on the morrow, 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 into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry tidings unto their idols, and to the people.

10 And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon.

11 And when all Jabesh-gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,

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BSB
They stripped Saul, cut off his head, took his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news in the temple of their idols and among their people.
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.
WEB
They stripped him and took his head and his armor, then sent into the land of the Philistines all around to carry the news to their idols and to the people.
ASV
And they stripped him, and took his head, and his armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry the tidings unto their idols, and to the people.
DARBY
And they stripped him, and took his head, and his armour, and sent [them] into the land of the Philistines round about, to announce the glad tidings to their idols, and to the people.
BLB
And they stripped him and lifted up his head, and his armor, and they sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to proclaim tidings [to] their idols and the people.
ÅB
De plyndret ham og tok hans hode og hans våpen og sendte bud rundt omkring i filistrenes land for å forkynne det glade budskap for sine avguder og for folket.
OTB
Så plyndret de ham og tok hodet hans og rustningen hans,
og sendte budbærere rundt om i filisternes land,
for å bringe de gode nyhetene til deres avguder og til folket.
B1930
De plyndret ham og tok hans hode og hans våben og sendte bud rundt omkring i filistrenes land for å forkynne det glade budskap for sine avguder og for folket.

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  • 2 Samuel 1:20

    Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.

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  • 1 Samuel 31:9–10

    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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  • Daniel 5:23

    But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:

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  • Daniel 5:2–4

    Belshazzar, whiles 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 therein.

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  • Matthew 14:11

    And his head was brought in a charger, and given to the damsel: and she brought it to her mother.

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  • Judges 16:23–24

    Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.

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  • 1 Chronicles 10:4

    Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. So Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.

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