10Now the Philistines fought against Israel; the Israelites fled before them, and many fell dead on Mount Gilboa.H6430H3898H3478H376H3478H5127H6440H6430H5307H2491H2022H15332The Philistines were in hot pursuit of Saul and his sons, and they killed his sons Jonathan, Abinadab and Malki-Shua.H6430H1692H310H7586H310H1121H6430H5221H3129H41H4444H1121H75863The fighting grew fierce around Saul, and when the archers overtook him, they wounded him.H4421H3513H7586H3384H7198H4672H2342H33844Saul said to his armor-bearer, "Draw your sword and run me through, or these uncircumcised fellows will come and abuse me." But his armor-bearer was terrified and would not do it; so Saul took his own sword and fell on it.H559H7586H5375H3627H8025H2719H1856H6189H935H5953H5375H3627H14H3966H3372H7586H3947H2719H53075When the armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his sword and died.H5375H3627H7200H7586H4191H5307H2719H41916So Saul and his three sons died, and all his house died together.H7586H4191H7969H1121H1004H4191H31627When all the Israelites in the valley saw that the army had fled and that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned their towns and fled. And the Philistines came and occupied them.H376H3478H6010H7200H5127H7586H1121H4191H5800H5892H5127H6430H935H34278The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.H4283H6430H935H6584H2491H4672H7586H1121H5307H2022H15339They stripped him and took his head and his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news among their idols and their people.H6584H5375H7218H3627H7971H776H6430H5439H1319H6091H597110They put his armor in the temple of their gods and hung up his head in the temple of Dagon.H7760H3627H1004H430H8628H1538H1004H171211When all the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,H3003H1568H8085H6430H6213H758612all their valiant men went and took the bodies of Saul and his sons and brought them to Jabesh. Then they buried their bones under the great tree in Jabesh, and they fasted seven days.H6965H2428H376H5375H1480H7586H1480H1121H935H3003H6912H6106H424H3003H6684H7651H311713Saul died because he was unfaithful to the LORD; he did not keep the word of the LORD and even consulted a medium for guidance,H7586H4191H4604H4603H3068H1697H3068H8104H7592H178H187514and did not inquire of the LORD. So the LORD put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse.H1875H3068H4191H5437H4410H1732H1121H3448
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