1 Chronicles 10

1

Now the Philistines fought agaainst Israel; the Israelites fled before them,

and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.

2

The Philistines pressed hard after Saul and his sons, and they killed his sons

Jonathan, Abinadab and Malki-Shua.

3

The fighting grew fierce around Saul, and when the archers overtook him,

they wounded him.

4

Saul said his armor-bearer, "Draw your sword and run me through, or these

uncircumcised fellows will come and abuse me." But his armor-bearer was

terrified and would not do it; so Saul took his own sword and fell on it.

5

When the armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his sword and died.

6

So Saul and his three sons died, and all his house died together.

7

When all the Israelites in the valley saw that the army fled and that Saul and his

sons had died, they abandoned their towns and fled. And the Philistines came

and ocuupied them.

8

The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and

his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.

9

They stripped him and took his head and his armor, and sent messengers

throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news among their idols

and their people.

10

They put his armor in the temple of their gods and hung up his head in the

temple of Dagon.

11

When all the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead heard of everything the Philistines

had done to Saul,

12

all their valiant men went and took the bodies of Saul and his sons and brought

them to Jabesh. Then they buried their bones under the great tree in Jabesh,

and they fasted seven days.

13

Saul died because he was unfaithful to the LORD; he did not keep the word of

the LORD and even consulted a medium for guidance,

14

and did not inquire of the LORD. So the LORD put him to death and turned

the kingdom over to David son of Jesse.