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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 after
Saul, and after his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and
Malchishua, the sons of Saul.
3 And the battle went sore against Saul,
and the archers hit him, and he was wounded of the archers.
4 Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw
thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and
abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. So Saul took a
sword, and fell upon it.
5 And when his armourbearer saw that Saul
was dead, he fell likewise on the sword, and died.
6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and
all his house died together.
7 And when all the men of Israel that were
in the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, then
they forsook their 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 sons fallen in mount Gilboa.
9 And when they had stripped him, they
took his head, and his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round
about, to carry tidings unto their idols, and to the people.
10 And they put his armour in the house of
their gods, and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon.
11 And when all Jabeshgilead heard all
that the Philistines had done to Saul,
12 They arose, all the valiant men, and
took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to
Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
13 So Saul died for his transgression
which he committed against the LORD, even against the word of the LORD,
which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a
familiar spirit, to enquire of it;
14 And enquired not of the LORD: therefore
he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.
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