1 Samuel 31
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1 Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain on Mount Gilboa. 2The Philistines overtook Saul and his sons; and the Philistines killed Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul. 3The battle went hard against Saul, and the archers overtook him; and he was greatly distressed by reason of the archers. 4Then Saul said to his armour bearer, “Draw your 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 terrified. Therefore Saul took his sword and fell on it. 5When his armour bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell on his sword, and died with him. 6So Saul died with his three sons, his armour bearer, and all his men that same day together.
7 When the men of Israel who were on the other side of the valley, and those who were beyond the Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned the cities and fled; and the Philistines came and lived in them. 8On the next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa. 9They cut off his head, stripped off his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines all around, to carry the news to the house of their idols and to the people. 10They put his armour in the house of the Ashtaroth, and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth Shan. 11When the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul, 12all the valiant men arose, went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth Shan; and they came to Jabesh and burnt them there. 13They took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk#31:13 or, salt cedar tree in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
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1 Samuel 31
31
The Death of Saul and His Sons
1The Philistines fought against Israel,#2Sm 1:12; 1Ch 10:1–12 and Israel’s men fled from them and were killed on Mount Gilboa.#1Sm 28:4 2The Philistines pursued Saul and his sons and killed his sons, Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua. 3When the battle intensified against Saul,#2Sm 1:6 the archers found him and severely wounded him.#31:3 LXX reads and he was wounded under the ribs 4Then Saul said to his armor-bearer,#Jdg 9:54 “Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised men#Jdg 14:3 will come and run me through and torture me!” But his armor-bearer would not do it because he was terrified. Then Saul took his sword and fell on it.#2Sm 1:6,10 5When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his own sword and died with him. 6So on that day, Saul died together with his three sons, his armor-bearer, and all his men.
7When the men of Israel on the other side of the valley and on the other side of the Jordan saw that Israel’s men had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned the cities and fled. So the Philistines came and settled in them.
8The next day when the Philistines came to strip the slain, they found Saul and his three sons dead on Mount Gilboa. 9They cut off Saul’s head, stripped off his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to spread the good news#2Sm 1:20 in the temples of their idols#Jdg 16:23–24 and among the people. 10Then they put his armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths#Jdg 2:13; 1Sm 7:3 and hung his body#1Sm 31:12; 2Sm 21:14 on the wall of Beth-shan.#Jos 17:11
11When the residents of Jabesh-gilead#1Sm 11:1–13 heard what the Philistines had done to Saul, 12all their brave men#2Sm 2:4–7 set out, journeyed all night, and retrieved the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan. When they arrived at Jabesh, they burned the bodies there.#2Ch 16:14 13Afterward, they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree#1Sm 22:6 in Jabesh#2Sm 2:4–7; 21:12–14 and fasted seven days.
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