Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Chronicles 10:10
And they put his armor in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon.
10. in the house of their gods ] In Samuel (more definitely) “in the house ( or houses) of Ashtaroth,” Ashtaroth being the plural of Ashtoreth, a goddess, who seems here to bear a martial character. She was apparently consort of the Phnician Baal (Jdg 2:13; Jdg 10:6).
fastened his head in the temple of Dagon (lit. Beth-Dagon)] In Sam. fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan. The reading of Chron. is almost certainly a misreading of the text of Sam., yet the fact stated by the Chronicler is probably true. Saul’s body was fixed to the wall of Beth-shan (Sam.), but his head (lit. his skull) and his armour (Chron.; cp. 1Sa 31:9) were probably sent into Philistia to be distributed as trophies among the Philistine temples. Beth-shan is N.E. of Gilboa, about four miles distant from the Jordan, and about a day’s march (1Sa 31:12) from Jabesh (1Ch 10:11), which was situated on the other side of Jordan in Gilead.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
And his body severed from his head to the wall of Beth-shan, 1Sa 31:10.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
10. put his armour in the house oftheir godsIt was common among the heathen to vow to a nationalor favorite deity, that, in the event of a victory, the armor of theenemy’s king, or of some eminent leader, should be dedicated to himas an offering of gratitude. Such trophies were usually suspended onthe pillars of the temple.
fastened his head in thetemple of Dagonwhile the trunk or headless corpse was affixedto the wall of Beth-shan (1Sa31:10).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
[See comments on 1Sa 31:10]
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(10) In the house of their gods.Or god, as LXX. Samuel, house of Ashtaroth, which the chronicler or his source paraphrases, perhaps from a repugnance to mentioning the idols name. Ashtoreth had a great temple at Ascalon, as Heavenly Aphrodite (Herod., Hist i. 108). The Queen of Heaven (Jer. 7:18) was worshipped by the Semitic races generally. Under the name of Ishtar, she was a chief goddess of the Assyrians, and had famous temples at Nineveh and Arbela. The Sabans worshipped her as Athtr; and the name Ashtr is coupled with Chemosh on the Moabite Stone.
Fastened his head in the temple of Dagon.Literally, and his skull (gulglethcomp. Golgotha, Mat. 27:33) they fastened in the house of Dagon. Instead of this, we read in Samuel, and his corpse they fastened to the wall of Beth-shan. It is hardly likely that the one reading is a corruption of the other. The chronicler has omitted the statement about Sauls corpse, which is not mentioned in 1Ch. 10:9, and supplied one respecting his head, which has been already spoken of in that verse. He found the fact in his additional source, if the clause in question has not dropt out of the text of Samuel.
The Accadians worshipped Dagon, as we learn from the cuneiform inscriptions: comp. the name Ismi-Dagan (Dagon hears).
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
10. They fastened his head in the temple of Dagon In Samuel we are merely told that “they cut off his head,” but no account is there given of what they did with it. This act of the Philistines was, perhaps, a retaliation for the disposition made of the head of Goliath. 1Sa 17:54.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
1Ch 10:10 And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon.
Ver. 10. And fastened his head. ] In way of abuse and mockage; so, that which Saul feared came upon him. 1Ch 10:4
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
gods. Ashtaroth. Compare 1Sa 31:10.
his head. This is additional to 1Sa 31:10. “His body”, there, is additional to this passage. The two books thus independent and complementary.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
their gods: 1Sa 31:10, Ashtaroth
in the temple: 1Sa 5:2-7
Reciprocal: 1Sa 31:9 – cut off
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1Ch 10:10. In the temple of Dagon If we give not God the glory of our successes, even Philistines will rise up in judgment with us, and condemn us. Shall Dagon have so great a place in their triumphs, and the true God be forgotten in ours?
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
10:10 And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple of {a} Dagon.
(a) Which was the idol of the Philistines, and from the belly downward had the form of a fish, and upward of a man.