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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1 Samuel 31
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1Meanwhile the Philistines had attacked Israel, and the Israelite army ran away from them, and many were killed on Mount Gilboa. 2The Philistines chased down Saul and his sons, killing Saul's sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua. 3The fighting became very intense around Saul, and the arrows of the Philistine archers found their target, wounding Saul very badly.
4Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Take your sword and kill me, or these heathen#31:4. “Heathen”: literally, “uncircumcised.” men will come and kill and torture me!”
But the armor-bearer didn't want to do it because he was too afraid. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it. 5When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his own sword and died with him. 6Saul, his three sons, his armor-bearer, and all the men with him, died the same day.
7When the Israelites who lived along the valley and those on the other side of the Jordan realized that the Israelite army had run away, and that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned their cities and they also ran away. So the Philistines came and took them over.
8The next day, when the Philistines went to strip the dead, they found Saul and his three sons lying on Mount Gilboa. 9They cut off Saul's head, stripped him of his armor, and sent messengers throughout the country of the Philistines to announce the news in the temples of their idols and to their people. 10They placed his armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths, and nailed his body to the town wall of Beth-shan.
11However, when the people of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul, 12all their strong warriors set out, traveled all night, and took down the bodies of Saul and his sons from the wall of Beth-shan. When they got back to Jabesh, they burned the bodies there. 13Then they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and fasted for seven days.
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