1CH-10:1  Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men

of Israel

fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount

Gilboa.

1CH-10:2  And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and

after his sons;

and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua,

the sons of

Saul.

1CH-10:3  And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers

hit him, and

he was wounded of the archers.

1CH-10:4  Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword,

and thrust me

through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me.

But his

armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. So Saul took a

sword, and fell

upon it.

1CH-10:5  And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he

fell likewise

on the sword, and died.

1CH-10:6  So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house

died together.

1CH-10:7  And when all the men of Israel that [were] in the

valley saw that

they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, then they

forsook their

cities, and fled: and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

1CH-10:8  And it came to pass on the morrow, when the

Philistines came to

strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in

mount Gilboa.

1CH-10:9  And when they had stripped him, they took his head,

and his armour,

and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry

tidings unto

their idols, and to the people.

1CH-10:10  And they put his armour in the house of their gods,

and fastened

his head in the temple of Dagon.

1CH-10:11  And when all Jabeshgilead heard all that the

Philistines had done

to Saul,

1CH-10:12  They 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 fasted seven days.

1CH-10:13  So Saul died for his transgression which he committed

against the

LORD, [even] against the word of the LORD, which he kept not,

and also for

asking [counsel] of [one that had] a familiar spirit, to inquire

[of it];

1CH-10:14  And inquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew him,

and turned the

kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.

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