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Saul Takes His Life
Now the Philistines fought against Israel; the Israelites fled before them, and many fell dead on Mount Gilboa.
Now the Philistines fought against Israel; the Israelites fled before them, and many fell dead on Mount Gilboa.
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 Philistines were in hot pursuit of Saul and his sons, and they killed his sons Jonathan, Abinadab and Malki-Shua.
And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines smote Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, Saul's sons.
The fighting grew fierce around Saul, and when the archers overtook him, they wounded him critically.
And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers came up with him; and he was much terrified by the archers.
Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through, or these uncircumcised fellows will come and run me through and abuse me.”
But his armor-bearer was terrified and would not do it; so Saul took his own sword and fell on it.
But his armor-bearer was terrified and would not do it; so Saul took his own sword and fell on it.
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.
When the armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his sword and died with him.
And when his armour-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on his sword, and died with him.
So Saul and his three sons and his armor-bearer and all his men died together that same day.
So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armour-bearer, and all his men, that same day together.
When the Israelites along the valley and those across the Jordan saw that the Israelite army had fled and that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned their towns and fled. And the Philistines came and occupied them.
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.
The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
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.
They cut off his head and stripped off his armor, and they sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news in the temple of their idols and among their people.
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.
They put his armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths and fastened his body to the wall of Beth Shan.
And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth; and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.
When the people of Jabesh Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,
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,
all their valiant men marched through the night to Beth Shan. They took down the bodies of Saul and his sons from the wall of Beth Shan and went to Jabesh, where they burned them.
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.