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Saul's Overthrow and Death
And the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain on mount Gilboa.
And the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain on mount Gilboa.
The Death of Saul
Now the Philistines attacked Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them. Many were slaughtered on the slopes of Mount Gilboa.
Now the Philistines attacked Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them. Many were slaughtered on the slopes of Mount Gilboa.
And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines smote Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, Saul's sons.
The Philistines closed in on Saul and his sons, and they killed three of his sons — Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malkishua.
And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers came up with him; and he was much terrified by the archers.
The fighting grew very fierce around Saul, and the Philistine archers caught up with him and wounded him severely.
Then said Saul to his armour-bearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through with it; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armour-bearer would not; for he was much afraid. So Saul took the sword and fell on it.
Saul groaned to his armor bearer, “Take your sword and kill me before these pagan Philistines come to run me through and taunt and torture me.”
But his armor bearer was afraid and would not do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.
But his armor bearer was afraid and would not do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.
And when his armour-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on his sword, and died with him.
When his armor bearer realized that Saul was dead, he fell on his own sword and died beside the king.
So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armour-bearer, and all his men, that same day together.
So Saul, his three sons, his armor bearer, and his troops all died together that same day.
The Philistines Possess the Towns
And when the men of Israel that were on this side of the valley, and [they] that were on this side of the 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.
And when the men of Israel that were on this side of the valley, and [they] that were on this side of the 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.
When the Israelites on the other side of the Jezreel Valley and beyond the Jordan saw that the Israelite army had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their towns and fled. So the Philistines moved in and occupied their towns.
And it came to pass the next day, that the Philistines came to strip the slain, and they found Saul and his three sons fallen on mount Gilboa.
The next day, when the Philistines went out to strip the dead, they found the bodies of Saul and his three sons on Mount Gilboa.
And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour, and sent [them] into the land of the Philistines round about, to announce the glad tidings in the houses of their idols, and to the people.
So they cut off Saul’s head and stripped off his armor. Then they proclaimed the good news of Saul’s death in their pagan temple and to the people throughout the land of Philistia.
And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth; and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.
They placed his armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths, and they fastened his body to the wall of the city of Beth-shan.
Jabesh-Gilead's Tribute to Saul
And when the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead heard of what the Philistines had done to Saul,
And when the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead heard of what the Philistines had done to Saul,
But when the people of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,
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 burned them there.
all their mighty warriors traveled through the night to Beth-shan and took the bodies of Saul and his sons down from the wall. They brought them to Jabesh, where they burned the bodies.