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Now the Philistines[H6430]fought[H3898] against Israel[H3478]; and the men[H376] of Israel[H3478]fled[H5127] from before[H6440] the Philistines[H6430], and fell down[H5307]slain[H2491] in mount[H2022]Gilboa[H1533].
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And the Philistines[H6430] followed hard[H1692]after[H310]Saul[H7586], and after[H310] his sons[H1121]; and the Philistines[H6430]slew[H5221]Jonathan[H3129], and Abinadab[H41], and Malchishua[H4444], the sons[H1121] of Saul[H7586].
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And the battle[H4421] went sore[H3513] against Saul[H7586], and the archers[H3384]hit[H4672] him, and he was wounded[H2342] of the archers[H7198].
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Then said[H559]Saul[H7586] to his armourbearer[H5375], Draw[H8025] thy sword[H2719], and thrust[H1856] me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised[H6189]come[H935] and abuse[H5953] me. But his armourbearer[H3627]would[H14] not; for he was sore[H3966]afraid[H3372]. So Saul[H7586]took[H3947] a sword[H2719], and fell[H5307] upon it.
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And when his armourbearer[H5375]saw[H7200] that Saul[H7586] was dead[H4191], he fell[H5307] likewise on the sword[H2719], and died[H4191].
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So Saul[H7586]died[H4191], and his three[H7969]sons[H1121], and all his house[H1004]died[H4191]together[H3162].
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And when all the men[H376] of Israel[H3478] that were in the valley[H6010]saw[H7200] that they fled[H5127], and that Saul[H7586] and his sons[H1121] were dead[H4191], then they forsook[H5800] their cities[H5892], and fled[H5127]: and the Philistines[H6430]came[H935] and dwelt[H3427] in them.
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And it came[H935] to pass on the morrow[H4283], when the Philistines[H6430]came[H935] to strip[H6584] the slain[H2491], that they found[H4672]Saul[H7586] and his sons[H1121]fallen[H5307] in mount[H2022]Gilboa[H1533].
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And when they had stripped[H6584] him, they took[H5375] his head[H7218], and his armour[H3627], and sent[H7971] into the land[H776] of the Philistines[H6430] round about[H5439], to carry tidings[H1319] unto their idols[H6091], and to the people[H5971].
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And they put[H7760] his armour[H3627] in the house[H1004] of their gods[H430], and fastened[H8628] his head[H1538] in the temple[H1004] of Dagon[H1712].
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And when all Jabeshgilead[H3003]heard[H8085] all that the Philistines[H6430] had done[H6213] to Saul[H7586],
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They arose[H6965], all the valiant[H2428]men[H376], and took away[H5375] the body[H1480] of Saul[H7586], and the bodies[H1480] of his sons[H1121], and brought[H935] them to Jabesh[H3003], and buried[H6912] their bones[H6106] under the oak[H424] in Jabesh[H3003], and fasted[H6684]seven[H7651]days[H3117].
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So Saul[H7586]died[H4191] for his transgression[H4604] which he committed[H4603] against the LORD[H3068], even against the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068], which he kept[H8104] not, and also for asking[H7592] counsel of one that had a familiar spirit[H178], to enquire[H1875] of it;
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And enquired[H1875] not of the LORD[H3068]: therefore he slew[H4191] him, and turned[H5437] the kingdom[H4410] unto David[H1732] the son[H1121] of Jesse[H3448].