1 Chronicles 10
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The Death of Saul
1Sa 31:1–13; 2Sa 1:4–12
1#1Sa 31:1–13; 1Ch 10:8Now when the Philistines fought against Israel, every Israelite fighter fled before the Philistines, and the slain fell on Mount Gilboa. 2But the Philistines pursued Saul and his sons and struck down Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malki-Shua. 3As the battle with Saul became heavy, the archers’ bows found their target and mortally wounded him.
4#1Sa 31:4So Saul said to his armor bearer, “Draw your sword and pierce me through lest these uncircumcised Philistines come and make a fool of me.”
But his armor bearer was unwilling to do it because he was overwhelmed with fear, so Saul took the sword and fell on it himself. 5When the armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his sword and died. 6Thus, Saul and his three sons, namely all his house, died together.
7Now when all the children of Israel in the valley saw that they had fled the battlefield, and Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their cities and escaped, leaving the Philistines to come and dwell in them.
8The next day, when the Philistines came to pillage the slain, they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa. 9So they stripped Saul, removed his head and his armor, and circulated the news of his demise throughout the land of the Philistines to their idols as well as the people. 10Then they placed his armor in the temple of their gods, while his head they impaled in the house of Dagon.
11Now all Jabesh Gilead heard about everything the Philistines did to Saul, 12so their valiant men rose up and carried the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons to Jabesh. They buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh and fasted, mourning seven days.
13#Lev 19:31; 20:6So Saul died because of his unfaithful deeds against the Lord, because of his failure to keep the word of the Lord, and because he sought to consult a spirit of divination 14#1Sa 15:28; 13:14but did not seek the Lord. So He killed him and turned the kingdom over to David the son of Jesse.
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