31The Philistines fought against Israel, and the army of Israel fled before the Philistines. They fell slain on Mount Gilboa.H6430H3898H3478H582H3478H5127H6440H6430H5307H2491H2022H15332The Philistines pursued Saul and his sons. The Philistines struck down Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua, Saul's sons.H6430H1692H7586H1121H6430H5221H3083H41H4444H7586H11213The heaviest fighting was directed toward Saul, and when the bowmen who were shooting located Saul, he was severely wounded by them.H4421H3513H7586H3384H582H7198H4672H3966H2342H3384H582H71984Saul said to his armor bearer, "Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised people will come and run me through and make sport of me." But his armor bearer did not want to do it because he was very frightened, so Saul took the sword and fell on it.H559H7586H5375H3627H8025H2719H1856H6189H935H1856H5953H5375H3627H14H3966H3372H7586H3947H2719H53075When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his sword and died with him.H5375H3627H7200H7586H4191H5307H2719H41916As a result, Saul, his three sons, his armor bearer, and all his men died together that day.H7586H4191H7969H1121H5375H3627H582H3117H31627When the men of Israel who were across the valley and who were across the Jordan saw that the army of Israel had fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned the cities and fled, and the Philistines came and occupied them.1H582H3478H5676H6010H5676H3383H7200H582H3478H5127H7586H1121H4191H5800H5892H5127H6430H935H3427
The Philistines Desecrate Saul’s Body
8The next day, the Philistines came to strip the dead, and they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.H4283H6430H935H6584H2491H4672H7586H7969H1121H5307H2022H15339They cut off his head and stripped him of his weapons. They sent people throughout the territory of the Philistines to report the good news in the temples of their idols and to the people.H3772H7218H6584H3627H7971H776H6430H5439H1319H1004H6091H597110They put Saul's weapons in the temple of Asherah and fastened his corpse to the wall of Beth-shan.H7760H3627H1004H6252H1045H8628H1472H2346H1052
The People of Jabesh-gilead Give Saul a Proper Burial
11When the residents of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,H3427H3003H1568H8085H6430H6213H758612every valiant soldier got up, traveled all night, and removed Saul's body and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan. Then they went to Jabesh and cremated the bodies there.H2428H376H381H6965H3212H3915H3947H1472H7586H1472H1121H2346H1052H935H3003H831313They took their bones, buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and fasted for seven days.H3947H6106H6912H815H3003H6684H7651H3117