1 Samuel 31:9

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

They cut off Saul’s head, stripped off his armour, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to spread the good news  in the temples of their idols  and among the people.

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:20

Do not tell it in Gath, don’t announce it in the marketplaces of Ashkelon, or the daughters of the Philistines will rejoice, and the daughters of the uncircumcised will celebrate.

1 Samuel 31:4

Then Saul said to his armour-bearer,  ‘Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised men  will come and run me through and torture me! ’ But his armour-bearer would not do it because he was terrified. Then Saul took his sword and fell on it.

1 Samuel 17:54

David took Goliath’s  head and brought it to Jerusalem, but he put Goliath’s weapons in his own tent.

1 Samuel 17:51

David ran and stood over him. He grabbed the Philistine’s sword,  pulled it from its sheath, and used it to kill him. Then he cut off his head. When the Philistines saw that their hero was dead, they fled.

1 Samuel 31:8

The next day when the Philistines came to strip the slain, they found Saul and his three sons dead on Mount Gilboa.