31Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled before the Philistines, and many fell on Mount Gilboa.H6430H3898H3478H582H3478H5127H6440H6430H5307H2491H2022H15332The Philistines overtook Saul and his sons; and the Philistines killed Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchishua, the sons of Saul.H6430H1692H7586H1121H6430H5221H3083H41H4444H7586H11213The battle pressed hard upon Saul; the archers found him, and he was badly wounded by them.H4421H3513H7586H3384H582H7198H4672H3966H2342H3384H582H71984Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, "Draw your sword and thrust me through with it, so that these uncircumcised may not come and thrust me through, and make sport of me." But his armor-bearer was unwilling; for he was terrified. So Saul took his own sword and fell upon it.H559H7586H5375H3627H8025H2719H1856H6189H935H1856H5953H5375H3627H14H3966H3372H7586H3947H2719H53075When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell upon his sword and died with him.H5375H3627H7200H7586H4191H5307H2719H41916So Saul and his three sons and his armor-bearer and all his men died together on the same day.H7586H4191H7969H1121H5375H3627H582H3117H31627When the men of Israel who were on the other side of the valley and those beyond the Jordan saw that the men of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook their towns and fled; and the Philistines came and occupied them.H582H3478H5676H6010H5676H3383H7200H582H3478H5127H7586H1121H4191H5800H5892H5127H6430H935H34278The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.H4283H6430H935H6584H2491H4672H7586H7969H1121H5307H2022H15339They cut off his head, stripped off his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to carry the good news to the houses of their idols and to the people.H3772H7218H6584H3627H7971H776H6430H5439H1319H1004H6091H597110They put his armor in the temple of Astarte; and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.H7760H3627H1004H6252H1045H8628H1472H2346H105211But when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,H3427H3003H1568H8085H6430H6213H758612all the valiant men set out, traveled all night long, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan. They came to Jabesh and burned them there.H2428H376H381H6965H3212H3915H3947H1472H7586H1472H1121H2346H1052H935H3003H831313Then they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.H3947H6106H6912H815H3003H6684H7651H3117