 1 The Philistines fought with Israel. The men of Israel fled from the face of the Philistines, and fell down dead in Mount Gilboa. 2 The Philistines followed hard after Saul and after his sons. The Philistines killed Jonathan and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul. 3 The battle went sorely against Saul. The archers hit him, and he was wounded by the archers. 4 Saul said to his armor bearer, Draw your sword and pierce me with it lest these uncircumcised ones come and abuse me. But his armor bearer would not for he was very afraid. So Saul took a sword and fell on it. 5 When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his sword and died. 6 So Saul and his three sons died and all his house died together. 7 All the men of Israel in the valley saw that they fled and that Saul and his sons had died. So they left their cities and fled and the Philistines came and lived in them. 8 On the next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his sons fallen in Mount Gilboa. 9 They stripped him and carried his head and his armor and sent into the land of the Philistines all around to carry news to their idols and to the people. 10 They put his armor in the house of their gods and fastened his skull in the temple of Dagon. 11 All Jabeshgilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul. 12 All the mighty men arose and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh. They buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days. 13 Saul died for his sin that he committed against the Lord, against the Word of the Lord that he did not keep, and also for seeking of a medium, to inquire, and 14 inquired not of the Lord. And He killed him and turned the kingdom to David the son of Jesse.
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