Bible, King James Version
1_Chronicles
1Chr.10
[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 Malchi-shua, 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 Jabesh-gilead 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 inquire of it;
[14] And inquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew him,
and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.
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