1 Samuel 31
The Death of Saul and
His Sons |
1 Chr. 10.1-12 |
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Now the Philistines fought against
Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and
fell down slain in mount Gilbo'a.
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And the Philistines followed hard upon
Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and
Abin'adab, and Melchi-shu'a, Saul's sons.
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And the battle went sore against Saul,
and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the
archers.
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Then said Saul unto his armor-bearer,
Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these
uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his
armor-bearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took
a sword, and fell upon it.
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And when his armor-bearer saw that Saul
was dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with
him.
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So Saul died, and his three sons, and his
armor-bearer, and all his men, that same day together.
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And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were on the other side Jordan, saw that the men of Israel
fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities,
and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.
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And it came to pass on the morrow, when
the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and
his three sons fallen in mount Gilbo'a.
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And they cut off his head, and stripped
off his armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines round
about, to publish it in the house of their idols, and among
the people.
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And they put his armor in the house of
Ash'taroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of
Beth-shan.
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And when the inhabitants of
Ja'besh-gil'e-ad heard of that which the Philistines had done to
Saul,
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all the valiant men arose, and went all
night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the
wall of Beth-shan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them
there.
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And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven
days.
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