Go
Articles on

1 Samuel 31

1 Sam. 31:10 KJV (With Strong’s)

+
10
Andz they put
suwm (Hebrew #7760)
a primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
KJV usage: X any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, + disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, + name, X on, ordain, order, + paint, place, preserve, purpose, put (on), + regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set (on, up), shew, + stedfastly, take, X tell, + tread down, ((over-))turn, X wholly, work.
Pronounce: soom
Origin: or siym {seem}
his armor
kliy (Hebrew #3627)
something prepared, i.e. any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon)
KJV usage: armour ((-bearer)), artillery, bag, carriage, + furnish, furniture, instrument, jewel, that is made of, X one from another, that which pertaineth, pot, + psaltery, sack, stuff, thing, tool, vessel, ware, weapon, + whatsoever.
Pronounce: kel-ee'
Origin: from 3615
in the house
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
of Ashtaroth
Beyth (Hebrew #1045)
house of Ashtoreths; Beth-Ashtaroth, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: house of Ashtaroth. Compare 1203, 6252.
Pronounce: `Ashtarowth
Origin: : from 1004 and 6252
`Ashtarowth (Hebrew #6252)
plural of 6251; Ashtaroth, the name of a Sidonian deity, and of a place East of the Jordan
KJV usage: Asharoth, Astaroth. See also 1045, 6253, 6255.
Pronounce: ash-taw-roth'
Origin: or bAshtaroth {ash-taw-roth'}
a: and they fastened
taqa` (Hebrew #8628)
to clatter, i.e. slap (the hands together), clang (an instrument); by analogy, to drive (a nail or tent-pin, a dart, etc.); by implication, to become bondsman by handclasping)
KJV usage: blow ((a trumpet)), cast, clap, fasten, pitch (tent), smite, sound, strike, X suretiship, thrust.
Pronounce: taw-kah'
Origin: a primitive root
his body
gviyah (Hebrew #1472)
a body, whether alive or dead
KJV usage: (dead) body, carcase, corpse.
Pronounce: ghev-ee-yaw'
Origin: prolonged for 1465
b to the wall
chowmah (Hebrew #2346)
a wall of protection
KJV usage: wall, walled.
Pronounce: kho-maw'
Origin: feminine active participle of an unused root apparently meaning to join
of Beth-shan
Beyth (Hebrew #1052)
from 1004 and 7599; house of ease; Beth-Shean or Beth-Shan, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Beth- shean, Beth-Shan.
Pronounce: Sh'an
Origin: or Beyth Shan {bayth shawn'}
.
z
1 Sam. 21:9• 9And 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. (1 Sam. 21:9)
a
2 Sam. 21:12• 12And 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: (2 Sam. 21:12)
b
Josh. 17:11• 11And 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. (Josh. 17:11)
;
Judg. 1:27• 27Neither 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. (Judg. 1:27)

More on:

+
Armor; Armour,
Ashtaroth; Ashtoreth,
Ashtaroth; Astaroth,
Beth-shan; Beth-shean,
House,
Walls

Cross References

+

Ministry on This Verse

+
they put.The Philistines placed the armour of Saul in the temple of Ashtaroth as a trophy of victory, and a testimony of their gratitude, in the same manner as David placed the sword of Goliath in the tabernacle.
1 Sam. 21:9• 9And 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. (1 Sam. 21:9)
Ashtaroth.
Judg. 2:13• 13And they forsook the Lord, and served Baal and Ashtaroth. (Judg. 2:13)
Bethshan.
Josh. 17:11• 11And 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. (Josh. 17:11)
;
Judg. 1:27• 27Neither 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. (Judg. 1:27)
;
2 Sam. 21:12‑14• 12And 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:
 13And he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son; and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged.
 14And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was entreated for the land. (2 Sam. 21:12‑14)
• Saul’s armor is placed in the house of Ashtaroth (1 Sam. 31:10), apparently proclaiming the victory of their idols over the true God. A similar thing took place when the ark was taken. (“1 Samuel 31” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

+
10
And they put his armour in the house of Ashtarothd; and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.

JND Translation Notes

+
d
Or "of the Ashtoreths (Astartes)." see Note, Judg. 2.13

W. Kelly Translation

+
10
And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth; and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.

WK Verse Note

+
(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)