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1 Samuel
Chapter 31
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.