1Samuel:31

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* And the Philistines fought against Israel . And the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines , and fell down wounded in Mount Gilboa . * And the Philistines followed Saul and his sons . And the Philistines killed Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchishua , Saul 's sons . * And the battle went hard against Saul . And the archers hit him , and he was sorely wounded by the archers . * And Saul said to his armor-bearer , Draw your sword and thrust me through with it , lest these uncircumcised ones come and thrust me through , and abuse me . But his armor-bearer would not , for he was very much afraid . So Saul took a sword and fell on it . * And when his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead , he also fell on his sword and died with him . * And Saul died , and his three sons , and his armor-bearer , and all his men , that same day together . * And the men of Israel beyond the valley , and who [were ] on the other side Jordan , saw that the men of Israel fled and that Saul and his sons had died . And they abandoned the cities and fled . And the Philistines came and lived in them . * And it happened on the next day , the Philistines came to strip the slain , and they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa . * And they cut off his head and stripped off his armor , and sent into the land of the Philistines all around , to publish [it ] in the house of their idols and [among ] the people . * And they put his armor in the house of Ashtaroth , and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan . * And when they heard about it , the people of Jabesh-gilead , what the Philistines had done to Saul , * then all the brave men arose , and they traveled all night . And [they ] took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan , and came to Jabesh , and burned them there . * And they took their bones and buried [them ] under the tamarisk tree at Jabesh . And [they ] fasted seven days .

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