1Samuel:31

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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 upon Saul and upon his sons ; and the Philistines slew Jonathan , and Abinadab , and Malchishua , the sons of Saul . * And the battle went sore against Saul , an the archers overtook him ; and he was in great anguish by reason of the archers . * Then said Saul to his armour-bearer : 'Draw thy sword , and thrust me through therewith ; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through , 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 with him . * So Saul died , and his three sons , and his armour-bearer , and all his men , that same day together . * And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley , and they that were beyond the Jordan , saw that the men of Israel fled , and that Saul and his sons were dead , they forsook the 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 three sons fallen in mount Gilboa . * And they cut off his head , and stripped off his armour , and sent into the land of the Philistines round about , to carry the tidings unto the house of their idols , and to the people . * And they put his armour in the house of the Ashtaroth ; and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan . * And when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard concerning him that which the Philistines had done to Saul , * all the valiant men arose , and went all night , and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan ; and they came to Jabesh , and burnt them there . * And they took their bones , and buried them under the tamarisk-tree in Jabesh , and fasted seven days .

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