1 Samuel 31:9

Revised Standard Version CI

And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines, to carry the good news to their idols and to the people.

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:20

Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Ashkelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised exult.

1 Samuel 17:51

Then David ran and stood over the Philistine, and took his sword and drew it out of its sheath, and killed him, and cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled.

1 Samuel 17:54

And David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armor in his tent.

1 Samuel 31:4

Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and make sport of me.” But his armor-bearer would not; for he feared greatly. Therefore Saul took his own sword, and fell upon it.

1 Samuel 31:8

On the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.