Albert Barnes Commentary 1 Chronicles 10:1

"Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa." — 1 Chronicles 10:1 (ASV)

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