1 Samuel 4:12

Eli Dies

4:12 On that day ¹  a Benjaminite ran from the battle lines and came to Shiloh. His clothes were torn and dirt was on his head.

1 Samuel 17:57

17:57 So when David returned from striking down the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul. He still had the head of the Philistine in his hand.

1 Samuel 31:9

31:9 They cut off Saul’s ²  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.

[4:12]  ¹ tn Or perhaps, “the same day.” On this use of the demonstrative pronoun see Joüon 2:532 §143.f.

[31:9]  ² tn Heb “his”; the referent (Saul) has been specified in the translation for clarity (likewise in the following verse).