10. House of their gods. “House of Ashtaroth” (1 Sam. 31:10). Ashtoreth was the Canaanite counterpart of the Mesopotamian goddess Ishtar. She was the goddess of sexual love and of war (see on Judges 2:13).
Fastened his head. This detail is not mentioned in the book of Samuel, which, on the other hand, mentions the fastening of Saul’s body to the wall of Beth-shan (1 Sam. 31:10), a detail the chronicler does not record here.
Dagon. The national god of the Philistines (see on 1 Sam. 5:2).
