1 Chronicles 10:10

1 Chronicles 10:10

And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon.

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

b. NIV: They put his armor in the temple of their gods and hung up his head in the temple of Dagon.

c. YLT: and put his weapons in the house of their gods, and his skull they have fixed in the house of Dagon.

d. Amplified Bible Classic: And they put [Saul’s] armor in the house of their gods and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon.

e. Septuagint: And they put their armour in the house of their god, and they put his head in the house of Dagon.

f. Stone Edition Torah/Prophets/Writings: They placed his gear in the temple of their gods, and they hung up his skull in Beth-dagon.

1.  “And they put his armour in the house of their gods…”

a. they put [7760 * suwm; or siym] [Strong: a primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically):--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.]

b. his armour his armour [3627 * kliy] [Strong: something prepared, i.e. any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon):--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.]

c. in the house [1004 * bayith] [a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.):--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).]

1). This was not doubt their temple of worship.

d. of their gods 'elohiym] [Strong: plural of 433; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative:--angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.]

1). The comparative verse 1 Samuel 31:10 says this was the house of Ashtoroth.

2. “…and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon.”

a. and fastened [8628 * taqa’] [Strong: a primitive root; 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):--blow ((a trumpet)), cast, clap, fasten, pitch (tent), smite, sound, strike, X suretiship, thrust.]

b. his head [7218 * ro’sh] [Strong: from an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.):--band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, X every (man), excellent, first, forefront, ((be-))head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), X lead, X poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.]

c. in the temple [1004 * bayith] [a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.):--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).]

d. of Dagon [1712 * Dagown] [Strong: from 1709; the fish-god; Dagon, a Philistine deity:--Dagon.]

1). Both passages, 1 Samuel 31:8-10 and 1 Chronicles 10:8-10 use the same Hebrew word and translate it “round about”, implying that possibly the trophies were rotated around the country to their idol temples.