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The present chapter contains two facts not found in [1 Samuel 31:1-13](../../../kjv/1-samuel/31/1-13) - the fastening of Saul’s head in the temple of Dagon [1 Chronicles 10:10](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/10/10), and the burial of his bones, and those of his sons, under an oak [1 Chronicles 10:12](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/10/12). Otherwise the narrative differs from [1 Samuel 31:1-13](../../../kjv/1-samuel/31/1-13) only by being abbreviated (see especially [1 Chronicles 10:6-7](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/10/6-7), [1 Chronicles 10:11-12](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/10/11-12)), and by having some moral reflections attached to it [1 Chronicles 10:13-14](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/10/13-14).

**All his house died together -**Not the whole of his family, nor even “all his sons” (see 2Sa 2:8-15; [2 Samuel 3:6-15](../../../kjv/2-samuel/3/6-15); [2 Samuel 4:1-12](../../../kjv/2-samuel/4/1-12)). The phrase is perhaps an abbreviation of the expression in the parallel passage of Samuel [1 Samuel 31:6](../../../kjv/1-samuel/31/6).

**For his transgression -**Compare [1 Chronicles 9:1](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/9/1). The “transgression” intended is probably the disobedience with respect to Amalek, recorded in [1 Samuel 15:1-9](../../../kjv/1-samuel/15/1-9) (compare [1 Samuel 28:17-18](../../../kjv/1-samuel/28/17-18)).

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