2Sa 1:10 | TNotes | STEP | 1:10 The Amalekite apparently got to Saul’s corpse before the Philistines did, for they would not have left royal items such as his crown and his armband on his body. • Israel’s king wore a crown (Hebrew nezer , “consecration”) as a sign of his consecration to God and status as the Lord’s anointed (1:14 ).

‏ 2 Samuel 1:10

1:10 ^a The Amalekite apparently got to Saul’s corpse before the Philistines did, for they would not have left royal items such as his crown and his armband on his body.

• Israel’s king wore a crown (Hebrew nezer, “consecration”) as a sign of his consecration to God and status as the Lord’s anointed (1:14 ^b).