# They stripped him

"The Philistines removed everything from Saul's body"

# to carry the news to their idols and to the people

They told the people what had happened and praised their idols in prayer.

# to carry the news

A person telling others about something that has happened is spoken of as if the person were carrying a solid object and giving it to those other people. Alternate translation: "to tell what had happened" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])