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Now the Philistines[H6430]fought[H3898] against Israel[H3478]: and the men[H582] of Israel[H3478]fled[H5127] from before[H6440] the Philistines[H6430], and fell down[H5307]slain[H2491] in mount[H2022]Gilboa[H1533].
2
And the Philistines[H6430] followed hard[H1692] upon Saul[H7586] and upon his sons[H1121]; and the Philistines[H6430]slew[H5221]Jonathan[H3083], and Abinadab[H41], and Malchishua[H4444], Saul[H7586]'s sons[H1121].
3
And the battle[H4421] went sore[H3513] against Saul[H7586], and the archers[H3384]hit[H4672] him; and he was sore[H3966]wounded[H2342] of the archers[H582].
4
Then said[H559]Saul[H7586] unto his armourbearer[H5375], Draw[H8025] thy sword[H2719], and thrust me through[H1856] therewith; lest these uncircumcised[H6189]come[H935] and thrust me through[H1856], and abuse[H5953] me. But his armourbearer[H3627]would[H14] not; for he was sore[H3966]afraid[H3372]. Therefore Saul[H7586]took[H3947] a sword[H2719], and fell[H5307] upon it.
5
And when his armourbearer[H5375]saw[H7200] that Saul[H7586] was dead[H4191], he fell[H5307] likewise upon his sword[H2719], and died[H4191] with him.
6
So Saul[H7586]died[H4191], and his three[H7969]sons[H1121], and his armourbearer[H5375], and all his men[H582], that same day[H3117]together[H3162].
7
And when the men[H582] of Israel[H3478] that were on the other side[H5676] of the valley[H6010], and they that were on the other side[H5676]Jordan[H3383], saw[H7200] that the men[H582] of Israel[H3478]fled[H5127], and that Saul[H7586] and his sons[H1121] were dead[H4191], they forsook[H5800] the cities[H5892], and fled[H5127]; and the Philistines[H6430]came[H935] and dwelt[H3427] in them.
8
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 three[H7969]sons[H1121]fallen[H5307] in mount[H2022]Gilboa[H1533].
9
And they cut off[H3772] his head[H7218], and stripped off[H6584] his armour[H3627], and sent[H7971] into the land[H776] of the Philistines[H6430] round about[H5439], to publish[H1319] it in the house[H1004] of their idols[H6091], and among the people[H5971].
10
And they put[H7760] his armour[H3627] in the house[H1004] of Ashtaroth[H6252]: and they fastened[H8628] his body[H1472] to the wall[H2346] of Bethshan[H1052].
11
And when the inhabitants[H3427] of Jabeshgilead[H3003]heard[H8085] of that which the Philistines[H6430] had done[H6213] to Saul[H7586];
12
All the valiant[H2428]men[H376]arose[H6965], and went[H3212] all night[H3915], and took[H3947] the body[H1472] of Saul[H7586] and the bodies[H1472] of his sons[H1121] from the wall[H2346] of Bethshan[H1052], and came[H935] to Jabesh[H3003], and burnt[H8313] them there.
13
And they took[H3947] their bones[H6106], and buried[H6912] them under a tree[H815] at Jabesh[H3003], and fasted[H6684]seven[H7651]days[H3117].