8 It came about on the (a)next day when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa. 9 They cut off his head and stripped off his weapons, and sent them (b)throughout the land of the Philistines, (A)to carry the good news (B)to the house of their idols and to the people.

Footnotes:

a. 1 Samuel 31:8: ['Lit ', morrow]
b. 1 Samuel 31:9: ['Lit ', into...around]