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and they cutted away the head of Saul, and despoiled him of his armours; and sent into the land of Philistines by compass, that it should be told in the temple of idols, and in the peoples. (and they cut off Saul’s head, and stripped him of his armour/and robbed him of his arms, or of his weapons; and then they sent messengers into all the land of the Philistines, so that it could be told to their idols, and to their people alike.)

10 And they putted his armours in the temple of Ashtaroth; but they hanged his body in the wall of Bethshan. (And they put his armour in the temple of Ashtoreth/And they put his arms, or his weapons, in the temple of Astarte, but they hung up his body on the wall of Bethshan.)

11 And when the dwellers of Jabesh of Gilead had heard this, and whatever things the Philistines had done to Saul, (And when the inhabitants of Jabesh of Gilead had heard this, and all the things that the Philistines had done to Saul,)

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They cut off his head and stripped off his armor, and they sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news(A) in the temple of their idols and among their people.(B) 10 They put his armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths(C) and fastened his body to the wall of Beth Shan.(D)

11 When the people of Jabesh Gilead(E) heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,

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