the Ashtoreths: See 1 Samuel 7:3.
hung his body: This act further humiliated the executed person by denying them a proper burial. It also served as a warning to other potential enemies (see also Genesis 40:19; Deuteronomy 21:21–22; Joshua 10:26; Esther 9:6–14).
Beth-shan was a short distance east of Mount Gilboa.