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1 Samuel 31:9

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.

KJV

Et præciderunt caput Saul, et spoliaverunt eum armis : et miserunt in terram Philisthinorum per circuitum, ut annuntiaretur in templo idolorum, et in populis.

Vulgate

καὶ ἀποστρέφουσιν αὐτὸν καὶ ἐξέδυσαν τὰ σκεύη αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀποστέλλουσιν αὐτὰ εἰς γῆν ἀλλοφύλων κύκλῳ, εὐαγγελίζοντες τοῖς εἰδώλοις αὐτῶν καὶ τῷ λαῷ·

LXX

And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry the tidings unto the house of their idols, and to the people.

ASV

וַֽ/יִּכְרְתוּ֙ אֶת רֹאשׁ֔/וֹ וַ/יַּפְשִׁ֖יטוּ אֶת כֵּלָ֑י/ו וַ/יְשַׁלְּח֨וּ בְ/אֶֽרֶץ פְּלִשְׁתִּ֜ים סָבִ֗יב לְ/בַשֵּׂ֛ר בֵּ֥ית עֲצַבֵּי/הֶ֖ם וְ/אֶת הָ/עָֽם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בַשֵּׂ֛ר
bshr
verb · 24×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
הִכְרַתִּ֥י
hkrty
verb · 283×
הָ
h
noun · 17×
ו
v
noun · 324×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יִּפְשְׁט֖וּ
ypshtv
verb · 43×
נִי
ny
verb · 838×
סָבִֽיב
sbyb
noun · 334×
פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים
plshtym
noun · 290×
רֹ֣אשׁ
r'sh
noun · 593×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Sam 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.
  • Dan 1:2 — And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God: which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he brought the vessels into
  • Judg 16:23 — 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.
  • Judg 16:24 — And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, which slew many of us.