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1 Samuel 31:10

Beth-shan
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8 And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa.

9 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.

And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.

11 And when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard of that which the Philistines had done to Saul;

12 All the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there.

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BSB
They put his armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths and hung his body on the wall of Beth-shan.
KJV
And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.
WEB
They put his armor in the house of the Ashtaroth, and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth Shan.
ASV
And they put his armor in the house of the Ashtaroth; and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.
DARBY
And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth; and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.
BLB
And they put his armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths, and his body they fastened to the wall of Beth-shan.
ÅB
Og hans våpen la de i Astartetemplet, og hans kropp hengte de opp på muren i Betsan.
OTB
Så la de våpnene hans i tempelet til Astarte, og de festet kroppen hans til muren i Bet-Sjan.
B1930
Og hans våben la de i Astartetemplet, og hans kropp hengte de op på muren i Betsan.

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  • Judges 2:13

    And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.

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  • Joshua 17:11

    And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth-shean and her towns, and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Endor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and her towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns, even three countries.

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  • 1 Samuel 21:9

    And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me.

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  • 1 Samuel 7:3

    And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.

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  • 2 Samuel 21:12–14

    And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh-gilead, which had stolen them from the street of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa:

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  • Judges 1:27

    Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean and her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.

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