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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 Gilboa.
02 And the Philistines followed hard after Saul,
and after his sons; and the Philistines slew
Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons
of Saul.
03 And the battle went sore against Saul, and the
archers hit him, and he was wounded of the
archers.
04 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.
05 And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was
dead, he fell likewise on the sword, and died.
06 So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his
house died together.
07 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.
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08 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.
09 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 Jabeshgilead 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 enquire of it;
14 And enquired not of the Lord: therefore he
slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the
son of Jesse.
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