1 Samuel 31:9

31:9 They cut off Saul’s ¹  head and stripped him of his armor. They sent messengers to announce the news in the temple of their idols and among their people throughout the surrounding land of the Philistines.

1 Samuel 4:17

4:17 The messenger replied, “Israel has fled from ²  the Philistines! The army has suffered a great defeat! Your two sons, Hophni and Phineas, are dead! The ark of God has been captured!”

[31:9]  ¹ tn Heb “his”; the referent (Saul) has been specified in the translation for clarity (likewise in the following verse).

[4:17]  ² tn Heb “before.”