The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - 1 Chronicles 10:8-14
The Triumph of the Philistines v. 8. And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, to make the customary plunder of personal belongings, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in Mount Gilboa. v. 9. And when they had stripped him, they took his head, and his armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry tidings unto their idols, to whom they attributed this victory, and to the people. v. 10. And they put his armor in the house of... read more
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - 1 Chronicles 10:8-12
What an humbling lesson is here read to great men! The body of Saul, the first king of Israel, and who had slain his thousands, as the Song of Israel proclaimed, to be thus made a spectacle of derision to men, and the subject of song himself to a contemptible dunghill god of the Philistines! read more