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New Living Translation

1 Chronicles 10:10

They placed his armor in the temple of their gods, and they fastened his head to the temple of Dagon.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Dagon;   Temple;   Thompson Chain Reference - Dagon;   False;   Gods, False;   Idolatry;   Images;   Worship, False;   Worship, True and False;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Kings;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Dagon;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Philistia, philistines;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Dagon's House;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Dagon;   Saul;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   Dagon;   Gods, Pagan;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Dagon;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Dagon ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Dagon;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Da'gon;   Philis'tines;   Saul;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Israel;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Chronicles, Books of;   Dagon;   David;   Gods;   Head;   Saul;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Dagon;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then they put his armor in the temple of their gods and hung his skull in the temple of Dagon.
Hebrew Names Version
They put his armor in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the house of Dagon.
King James Version
And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon.
English Standard Version
And they put his armor in the temple of their gods and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon.
New Century Version
The Philistines put Saul's armor in the temple of their idols and hung his head in the temple of Dagon.
New English Translation
They placed his armor in the temple of their gods and hung his head in the temple of Dagon.
Amplified Bible
They put Saul's armor in the house of their gods and nailed up his head in the house (temple) of Dagon.
New American Standard Bible
They put his armor in the house of their gods and impaled his head in the house of Dagon.
World English Bible
They put his armor in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the house of Dagon.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And they layd vp his armour in the house of their god, and set vp his head in the house of Dagon.
Legacy Standard Bible
And they placed his weapons in the house of their gods and fastened his head in the house of Dagon.
Berean Standard Bible
They put his armor in the temple of their gods and hung his head in the temple of Dagon.
Contemporary English Version
They put Saul's armor in the temple of their gods and hung his head in the temple of their god Dagon.
Complete Jewish Bible
They put his armor in the temple of their gods and fastened his skull to the temple of Dagon.
Darby Translation
And they put his armour in the house of their god, and fastened his head in the house of Dagon.
Easy-to-Read Version
The Philistines put Saul's armor in the temple of their false gods. They hung Saul's head in the temple of Dagon.
George Lamsa Translation
And they put their garments and their armour in the house of their idols, and hanged their bodies by the wall of Beth-jashan.
Good News Translation
They put his weapons in one of their temples and hung his head in the temple of their god Dagon.
Lexham English Bible
And they put his weapons in the temple of their gods, and they fastened his skull to the temple of Dagon.
Literal Translation
And they put his weapons in the house of their gods; and they fastened his skull in the house of Dagon.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And his weapens layed they in the house of their god, and styckte vp his heade vpon the house of Dagon.
American Standard Version
And they put his armor in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the house of Dagon.
Bible in Basic English
And they put his war-dress in the house of their gods, and put up his head in the house of Dagon.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they put his harnesse in the house of their god, and set vp his head in the temple of Dagon.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the house of Dagon.
King James Version (1611)
And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And they put their armour in the house of their god, and they put his head in the house of Dagon.
English Revised Version
And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the house of Dagon.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
forsothe thei halewiden his armeris in the temple of her god, and thei settiden the heed in the temple of Dagon.
Update Bible Version
And they put his armor in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the house of Dagon.
Webster's Bible Translation
And they put his armor in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon.
New King James Version
Then they put his armor in the temple of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon.
New Life Bible
They put Saul's battle-clothes in the house of their gods. And they put his head in the house of Dagon.
New Revised Standard
They put his armor in the temple of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And they put his armour, in the house of their gods, - but, his skull, fastened they up, in the house of Dagon.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And his armour they dedicated in the temple of their god, and his head they fastened up in the temple of Dagon.
Revised Standard Version
And they put his armor in the temple of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon.
Young's Literal Translation
and put his weapons in the house of their gods, and his skull they have fixed in the house of Dagon.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
They put his armor in the house of their gods and fastened his head in the house of Dagon.

Contextual Overview

8 The next day, when the Philistines went out to strip the dead, they found the bodies of Saul and his sons on Mount Gilboa. 9 So they stripped off Saul's armor and cut off his head. Then they proclaimed the good news of Saul's death before their idols and to the people throughout the land of Philistia. 10 They placed his armor in the temple of their gods, and they fastened his head to the temple of Dagon. 11 But when everyone in Jabesh-gilead heard about everything the Philistines had done to Saul, 12 all their mighty warriors brought the bodies of Saul and his sons back to Jabesh. Then they buried their bones beneath the great tree at Jabesh, and they fasted for seven days. 13 So Saul died because he was unfaithful to the Lord . He failed to obey the Lord 's command, and he even consulted a medium 14 instead of asking the Lord for guidance. So the Lord killed him and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

their gods: 1 Samuel 31:10, Ashtaroth

in the temple: 1 Samuel 5:2-7

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 31:9 - cut off

Cross-References

Genesis 11:2
As the people migrated to the east, they found a plain in the land of Babylonia and settled there.
Genesis 11:9
That is why the city was called Babel, because that is where the Lord confused the people with different languages. In this way he scattered them all over the world.
Genesis 14:1
About this time war broke out in the region. King Amraphel of Babylonia, King Arioch of Ellasar, King Kedorlaomer of Elam, and King Tidal of Goiim
Isaiah 10:9
We destroyed Calno just as we did Carchemish. Hamath fell before us as Arpad did. And we destroyed Samaria just as we did Damascus.
Isaiah 11:11
In that day the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to bring back the remnant of his people— those who remain in Assyria and northern Egypt; in southern Egypt, Ethiopia, and Elam; in Babylonia, Hamath, and all the distant coastlands.
Isaiah 39:1
Soon after this, Merodach-baladan son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent Hezekiah his best wishes and a gift. He had heard that Hezekiah had been very sick and that he had recovered.
Jeremiah 50:21
"Go up, my warriors, against the land of Merathaim and against the people of Pekod. Pursue, kill, and completely destroy them, as I have commanded you," says the Lord .
Daniel 1:2
The Lord gave him victory over King Jehoiakim of Judah and permitted him to take some of the sacred objects from the Temple of God. So Nebuchadnezzar took them back to the land of Babylonia and placed them in the treasure-house of his god.
Amos 6:2
But go over to Calneh and see what happened there. Then go to the great city of Hamath and down to the Philistine city of Gath. You are no better than they were, and look at how they were destroyed.
Micah 4:10
Writhe and groan like a woman in labor, you people of Jerusalem, for now you must leave this city to live in the open country. You will soon be sent in exile to distant Babylon. But the Lord will rescue you there; he will redeem you from the grip of your enemies.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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