The First Book of Samuel, starting at chapter 31
{31:1} Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of
Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain on Mount
Gilboa. {31:2} The Philistines followed hard on Saul and on his sons;
and the Philistines killed Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the
sons of Saul. {31:3} The battle went sore against Saul, and the
archers overtook him; and he was greatly distressed by reason of the
archers. {31:4} Then said Saul to his armor bearer, "Draw your sword,
and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and
thrust me through, and abuse me!" But his armor bearer would not; for
he was terrified. Therefore Saul took his sword, and fell on it.
{31:5} When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell
on his sword, and died with him. {31:6} So Saul died, and his three
sons, and his armor bearer, and all his men, that same day together.
{31:7} 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 forsook the
cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and lived in them. {31:8}
It happened on the next day, when the Philistines came to strip the
slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
{31:9} They cut off his head, and stripped off his armor, and sent
into the land of the Philistines all around, to carry the news to the
house of their idols, and to the people. {31:10} They put his armor in
the house of the Ashtaroth; and they fastened his body to the wall of
Beth Shan. {31:11} When the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead heard
concerning him that which the Philistines had done to Saul, {31:12}
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, and burnt them there. {31:13} They took their bones,
and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and fasted seven
days.
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