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* Now the Philistines fought against Israel ; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines , and fell down slain in mount Gilboa . * And the Philistines followed hard after Saul and after his sons ; and the Philistines slew Jonathan , and Abinadab , and Malchi - shua , the sons of Saul . * And the battle went sore against Saul , and the archers overtook him ; and he was in anguish by reason of the archers . * Then said Saul unto his armour-bearer : 'Draw thy sword , and thrust me through therewith ; lest these uncircumcised come and make a mock of me .' But his armour-bearer would not ; for he was sore afraid . Therefore Saul took his sword , and fell upon it . * And when his armour-bearer saw that Saul was dead , he likewise fell upon his sword , and died . * So Saul died , and his three sons ; and all his house died together . * And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that Israel fled , and that Saul and his sons were dead , they forsook their cities , and fled ; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them . * 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 . * And they stripped him , and took his head , and his armour , and sent into the land of the Philistines round about , to carry the tidings unto their idols , and to the people . * And they put his armour in the house of their gods , and fastened his head in the house of Dagon . * And when all Jabesh-gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul , * all the valiant men arose , and took away the body of Saul , and the bodies of his sons , and brought them to Jabesh , and buried their bones under the terebinth in Jabesh , and fasted seven days . * So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD , because of the word of the LORD , which he kept not ; and also for that he asked counsel of a ghost , to inquire thereby , * and inquired not of the LORD ; therefore He slew him , and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse .

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