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1 # Now the Philistines <06430> fought <03898> (8738) against Israel <03478>; and the men <0376> of Israel <03478> fled <05127> (8799) from before <06440> the Philistines <06430>, and fell down <05307> (8799) slain <02491> in mount <02022> Gilboa <01533>.
2 And the Philistines <06430> followed hard <01692> (8686) after <0310> Saul <07586>, and after <0310> his sons <01121>; and the Philistines <06430> slew <05221> (8686) Jonathan <03129>, and Abinadab <041>, and Malchishua <04444>, the sons <01121> of Saul <07586>.
3 And the battle <04421> went sore <03513> (8799) against Saul <07586>, and the archers <03384> (8688) <07198> hit <04672> (8799) him, and he was wounded <02342> (8799) of the archers <03384> (8802).
4 Then said <0559> (8799) Saul <07586> to his armourbearer <05375> (8802) <03627>, Draw <08025> (8798) thy sword <02719>, and thrust <01856> (8798) me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised <06189> come <0935> (8799) and abuse <05953> (8694) me. But his armourbearer <05375> (8802) <03627> would <014> (8804) not; for he was sore <03966> afraid <03372> (8804). So Saul <07586> took <03947> (8799) a sword <02719>, and fell <05307> (8799) upon it.
5 And when his armourbearer <05375> (8802) <03627> saw <07200> (8799) that Saul <07586> was dead <04191> (8804), he fell <05307> (8799) likewise on the sword <02719>, and died <04191> (8799).
6 So Saul <07586> died <04191> (8799), and his three <07969> sons <01121>, and all his house <01004> died <04191> (8804) together <03162>.
7 And when all the men <0376> of Israel <03478> that were in the valley <06010> saw <07200> (8799) that they fled <05127> (8804), and that Saul <07586> and his sons <01121> were dead <04191> (8804), then they forsook <05800> (8799) their cities <05892>, and fled <05127> (8799): and the Philistines <06430> came <0935> (8799) and dwelt <03427> (8799) in them.
8 # And it came to pass on the morrow <04283>, when the Philistines <06430> came <0935> (8799) to strip <06584> (8763) the slain <02491>, that they found <04672> (8799) Saul <07586> and his sons <01121> fallen <05307> (8802) in mount <02022> Gilboa <01533>.
9 And when they had stripped <06584> (8686) him, they took <05375> (8799) his head <07218>, and his armour <03627>, and sent <07971> (8762) into the land <0776> of the Philistines <06430> round about <05439>, to carry tidings <01319> (8763) unto their idols <06091>, and to the people <05971>.
10 And they put <07760> (8799) his armour <03627> in the house <01004> of their gods <0430>, and fastened <08628> (8804) his head <01538> in the temple <01004> of Dagon <01712>.
11 And when all Jabeshgilead <03003> <01568> heard <08085> (8799) all that the Philistines <06430> had done <06213> (8804) to Saul <07586>,
12 They arose <06965> (8799), all the valiant <02428> men <0376>, and took away <05375> (8799) the body <01480> of Saul <07586>, and the bodies <01480> of his sons <01121>, and brought <0935> (8686) them to Jabesh <03003> , and buried <06912> (8799) their bones <06106> under the oak <0424> in Jabesh <03003>, and fasted <06684> (8799) seven <07651> days <03117>.
13 So Saul <07586> died <04191> (8799) for his transgression <04604> which he committed <04603> (8804) against the LORD <03068>, even against the word <01697> of the LORD <03068>, which he kept <08104> (8804) not, and also for asking <07592> (8800) counsel of one that had a familiar spirit <0178>, to enquire <01875> (8800) of it;
14 And enquired <01875> (8804) not of the LORD <03068>: therefore he slew <04191> (8686) him, and turned <05437> (8686) the kingdom <04410> unto David <01732> the son <01121> of Jesse <03448>.