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Now the Philistines fought against Israel ;
and the men of Israel fled before the Philistines ,
and fell slain on Mount Gilbo '
a .
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And the Philistines overtook Saul and his sons ;
and the Philistines slew Jonathan and Abin '
adab and Mal '
chishu '
a ,
the sons of Saul .
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The battle pressed hard upon Saul ,
and the archers found him ;
and he was wounded by the archers .
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Then Saul said to his armor-bearer , "
Draw your sword ,
and thrust me through with it ,
lest these uncircumcised come and make sport of me ."
But his armor-bearer would not ;
for he feared greatly .
Therefore Saul took his own sword ,
and fell upon it .
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And when his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead ,
he also fell upon his sword ,
and died .
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Thus Saul died ;
he and his three sons and all his house died together .
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And when all the men of Israel who were in the valley saw that the army had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead ,
they forsook their cities and fled ;
and the Philistines came and dwelt in them .
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On the morrow ,
when the Philistines came to strip the slain ,
they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilbo '
a .
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And they stripped him and took his head and his armor ,
and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines ,
to carry the good news to their idols and to the people .
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And they put his armor in the temple of their gods ,
and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon .
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But when all Ja '
besh-gil '
ead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul ,
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all the valiant men arose ,
and took away the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons ,
and brought them to Jabesh .
And they buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh ,
and fasted seven days .
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So Saul died for his unfaithfulness ;
he was unfaithful to the LORD in that he did not keep the command of the LORD ,
and also consulted a medium ,
seeking guidance ,
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and did not seek guidance from the LORD .
Therefore the LORD slew him ,
and turned the kingdom over to David the son of Jesse .