1Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell dead in Mount Gilboa.
2And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after his sons; and they slew Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul.
3And the battle went severely against Saul, and the archers hit him, and he was wounded by the archers.
4Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me”. But his armor-bearer would not; for he was very much afraid. So Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.
5And when his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on the sword, and died.
6So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house died together.
7And when all the men of Israel who were in the valley saw that the army fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, then they abandoned their cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and occupied in them.
8And on the next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, they found Saul and his sons fallen in Mount Gilboa.
9And when they had stripped Saul, they took his head, and his armor, and sent it all around the land of the Philistines, to carry tidings to their idols, and to the people.
10And they put his armor in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon.
11And when all Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,
12They arose, all the valiant men, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and then fasted seven days.
13So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, and against the word of the LORD, which he failed to keep, and also for asking counsel of a medium, to enquire of her,
14But did not inquire of the LORD; therefore He brought about his death, and turned the kingdom over to David, the son of Jesse. Easy Reader Bible: Purple Letter Edition © 2023 by Jim Musser. Used by Permission. All rights Reserved. Bible Hub |
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