1 Samuel 31
31
The Death of Saul
1 # For ver. 1-13, see 1 Chr. 10:1-12 Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before the Philistines and fell slain #ch. 28:4; [2 Sam. 1:6, 21; 21:12]on Mount Gilboa. 2And the Philistines overtook Saul and his sons, and the Philistines struck down #1 Chr. 8:33 Jonathan and #[ch. 14:49]Abinadab and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul. 3#[2 Sam. 1:6]The battle pressed hard against Saul, and the archers found him, and he was badly wounded by the archers. 4#[Judg. 9:54] Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these #See Judg. 14:3 uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and mistreat me.” But his armor-bearer would not, #[2 Sam. 1:14] for he feared greatly. Therefore Saul took his own sword #[2 Sam. 1:10]and fell upon it. 5And when his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell upon his sword and died with him. 6Thus Saul died, and his three sons, and his armor-bearer, and all his men, on the same day together. 7And when the men of Israel who were on the other side of the valley and those beyond the Jordan saw that the men of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their cities and fled. And the Philistines came and lived in them.
8The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa. 9So they cut off his head and stripped off his armor and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines, #[2 Sam. 1:20] to carry the good news #[Judg. 16:23, 24]to the house of their idols and to the people. 10#[ch. 21:9] They put his armor in the temple of #See Judg. 2:13 Ashtaroth, and they fastened his body to the wall of #Josh. 17:11Beth-shan. 11#2 Sam. 21:10; See ch. 11:1-11But when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul, 12#2 Sam. 2:4-7 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 they came to Jabesh #[2 Chr. 16:14; 21:19; Jer. 34:5]and burned them there. 13And they took their bones #2 Sam. 21:12, 14 and buried them under #[ch. 22:6] the tamarisk tree in Jabesh and #[Gen. 50:10]fasted seven days.
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Sh'mu'el Alef (1 Sa) 31
31
1Now the P’lishtim pressed their attack on Isra’el. The men of Isra’el fled before the P’lishtim, leaving their dead on Mount Gilboa. 2The P’lishtim pursued and overtook Sha’ul and his sons; and the P’lishtim killed Y’honatan, Avinadav and Malkishua, the sons of Sha’ul. 3The fighting went hard against Sha’ul; then the archers overtook and wounded him, so that he was in agony. 4Sha’ul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through with it. Otherwise these uncircumcised men will come, run me through and make sport of me.” But his armor-bearer refused, he was too frightened. So Sha’ul took his sword and fell on it. 5When his armor-bearer saw that Sha’ul was dead, he too fell on his own sword and died with him. 6Thus Sha’ul, his three sons, his armor-bearer and all his men died that same day together.
7When the men of Isra’el who were on the other side of the valley and those who were on the far side of the Yarden saw that the men of Isra’el had fled and that Sha’ul and his sons were dead, they abandoned the cities and fled; then the P’lishtim came and lived in them.
8The following day, when the P’lishtim came to strip the dead, they found Sha’ul and his three sons lying dead on Mount Gilboa. 9They cut off his head, stripped off his armor and sent these all over the territory of the P’lishtim to carry the news to the temples of their idols and to the people. 10Then they put his armor in the temple for the ‘ashtarot and fastened his body to the wall of Beit-Sh’an.
11When the people living in Yavesh-Gil‘ad heard what the P’lishtim had done to Sha’ul, 12all their warriors set out, traveling all night. They took the body of Sha’ul and the bodies of his sons off the wall of Beit-Sh’an, returned to Yavesh and burned them there. 13Then they took their bones, buried them under the tamarisk tree in Yavesh and fasted seven days.
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