“1 Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel
fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa. 2
And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the
Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, Saul’s sons. 3
And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he
was sore wounded of the archers. 4 Then said Saul unto his armourbearer,
Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these
uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his
armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a
sword, and fell upon it. 5 And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was
dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him. 6 So Saul
died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that
same day together. 7 And when the men of Israel that [were] on the other
side of the valley, and [they] that [were] on the other side Jordan, saw
that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they
forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in
them.”
“8 And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to
strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount
Gilboa. 9 And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour, and
sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to publish [it in]
the house of their idols, and among the people. 10 And they put his
armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall
of Bethshan. 11 And when the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead heard of that
which the Philistines had done to Saul; 12 All the valiant men arose,
and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons
from the wall of Bethshan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there. 13
And they took their bones, and buried [them] under a tree at Jabesh, and
fasted seven days.” (1 Samuel 31:1-13 AV)
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